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British Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson showed his tough stance against China as he wrapped up his visit to Australia. “We shouldn’t be blind to the ambition that China has and we’ve got to defend our national security interests,” he told ABC, adding that “We’ve got to ensure that any form of malign […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Febr. 14 (NsNewsWire) — The following is the full and unedited text of a statement issued here Wednesday on behalf of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with the Countries of South Asia which paid an official visit to Bangladesh from 12 – 14 February 2018: “A delegation of the European Parliament is paying […]
Read MoreSource:Global Times Published: 2018/2/13 22:33:41 British Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson showed his tough stance against China as he wrapped up his visit to Australia. “We shouldn’t be blind to the ambition that China has and we’ve got to defend our national security interests,” he told ABC, adding that “We’ve got to ensure […]
Read MoreAustralia’s Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce said today that he did not break any parliamentary rules while conducting an extramarital affair with a former staffer as he faced down calls for his resignation, reports Reuters. Joyce, a practicing Catholic who has campaigned on “family values” and has been married for 24 years, is expecting a […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 11 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s largest opposition party Sunday held a meeting with its partners following the jail sentence of its chief Khaleda Zia. According to the meeting sources, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders discussed the party’s next course of action with the leaders of the BNP-led 20-party alliance. A lower court Thursday awarded […]
Read MoreKim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), invited South Korean President Moon Jae-in to visit the DPRK at Moon’s convenient time, the presidential Blue House said Saturday, reports Xinhua. Kim Eui-kyeom, spokesman for President Moon, told a televised press briefing that Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of the DPRK leader, […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 9 (NsNewsWire) — Violent incidents are flaring up in parts of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country on Thursday, as opposition leader, ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia was found guilty of a corruption charge and sentenced to five years in prison, reports Xinhua. Vandalism, explosion of bombs and detention of dozens of opposition personnel […]
Read MoreSouth Korea has banned 36,000 foreigners from entering the country ahead of the Winter Olympics, citing security concerns, Reuters news agency reported on Monday citing Yonhap News Agency. Yonhap cited a South Korean lawmaker as saying the spy agency had told lawmakers it was working with foreign intelligence agencies to beef up foreign nationals’ identity […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Feb. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Hundreds of Bangladesh’s opposition party men including its several frontline leaders have been sued over an alleged attack on law enforcers, reports Xinhua. “800 to 900 BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) men with several frontline leaders were sued in three cases filed on Tuesday night,” a DhakaMetroplotan Police (DMP) official told Xinhua […]
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