DHAKA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) — Two children were killed as fire engulfed a slum in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka early Thursday, the fire service said. Authorities said the blaze burned some 150 closely packed thatched houses to the ground in the city’s “Jahangir slum,” which is home to thousands of poor people. Mahfuz Riben, a duty officer […]

DHAKA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) — Voting began on Thursday for mayoral by-polls in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka amid major opposition party’s boycott. A total of five candidates including Atiqul Islam of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League are vying for the mayorship in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) while 116 for the councillor positions. Apart from […]

DHAKA, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) — A court in Bangladesh capital Dhaka has sentenced former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and three others to seven years in prison on corruption charges. Amid tight security, Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman of the Special Court-5 in Dhaka delivered the verdict on Monday afternoon. Public Prosecutor Mosharraf Hossain Kajol told journalists that Khaleda Zia […]

DHAKA, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) — Thousands of people from Bangladesh’s largest opposition party formed a human chain in the capital on Monday, demanding the release of their jailed leader Khaleda Zia and free and fair parliament elections slated for December. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders and activists gathered in front of the National Press Club […]

North Korea is the most powerful nuclear nation on earth and has the capability of destroying the three-million square miles of the USA in 42 minutes 42 seconds precisely    By Proinsias Mac Pheadair, Worldwide News A video entitled :Trump almost triggered World War III? – You decide”, now on YouTube, will inevitably cause worldwide controversy and […]

DHAKA, Aug. 5 (NsNewsWire) — Zaker Party Chairman Pirzada Alhaj Khwaja Mostafa Amir Faisal Mujaddedi has called upon all the leaders, workers, supporters and well-wishers of Zaker Party and its associate organizations, as well as all other citizens of Bangladesh, to organize Dua Mahfils (Milad Mahfils and special prayers) for the peace and stability of […]

DHAKA, June 28 (NsNewsWire) — Pirzada Alhaj Khwaja Mostafa Amir Faisal Mujaddedi has been reelected unanimously as Zaker Party’s Chairman. Election Commissioner Abu Bakar Siddique Khan on Wednesday declared him re-elected as nobody contested. Within the schedule’s announced time-limit, a single nomination-paper was submitted on behalf of Pirzada Alhaj Khwaja Mostafa Amir Faisal Mujaddedi for the […]

LONDON, June 5 (NsNewsWire) — As finance ministers from six of the G7 members have condemned U.S. protectionist trade policy, the London-based major daily newspapers on Monday lashed out at the American government’s decision to impose tariffs on some countries, including its European allies, reports Xinhua. While reporting the G7 criticism of Donald Trump administration’s […]

DHAKA, April 10 (NsNewsWire) — Protectionist U.S. policies and retaliatory measures from affected countries will strike a big blow to the consumers worldwide especially in the United States of America, experts said here Monday, reports Xinhua. They said the United States will not gain anything by imposing tariffs on steel and aluminium, and a looming […]