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China to speed up agri modernization through reforms, innovations

EIJING, Feb. 2 (NsNewsWire) — China will step up reforms and innovation to speed up agricultural modernization in 2015, according to a key policy document released by the Party and government on Sunday. As the Chinese economy, under the “new normal,” shifts from high-speed to medium-to-high-speed growth, it has become a key issue to continue […]

Bangladesh’s forex reserves reach 22.04 bln USD in January

DHAKA, Feb. 2 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves reached 22.04 billion U.S. dollars at the end of January, the country’s central bank said Sunday. A Bangladesh Bank spokesman who declined to be named said that foreign exchange reserves stood at 22,042.30 million U.S. dollars in February after reaching 22,309.80 million U.S. dollars in January, […]

Fire at Bangladesh Plastics Factory Kills at Least 13

DHAKA, Feb. 1 (NsNewsWire) — A fire swept through a plastic packaging factory on Saturday night in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, killing at least 13 people, a fire department official said. Fire department official Mohammed Farhaduzzaman said the fire was brought under control by late Saturday night and a search was under way for more victims. […]

Bangladesh opposition says leader’s Internet, electricity cut

DHAKA, Feb. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi opposition activists accused the government of cutting the power, Internet and cable connections at their leader’s office on Saturday to pressure her into calling off a strike after days of violent anti-government protests. The disconnections were reported soon after the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Khaleda, called […]

10 killed in devastating fire in Bangladeshi capital

DHAKA, FEB. 1 (Xinhua) — A major fire engulfed a plastic packaging factory in Dhaka’s downtown Mirpur area on Saturday, leaving 10 people dead and several others injured, said a police officer. “We have come to know that 10 bodies have been kept at the morgue of state-run Dhaka Medical College Hospital,” said the Dhaka […]

Bangladeshi president orders stern action against arson attackers

DHAKA, Jan. 30 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi President Abdul Hamid on Thursday urged the country’s law enforcement agencies to take stern action against arson attackers during the opposition alliance’s blockade campaign. “I’m deeply shocked along with the countrymen over the killing of innocent people by throwing petrol bombs and launching arson attacks on motor vehicles,” Hamid […]

Bangladesh to maintain restrained monetary policy

DHAKA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — The central bank of Bangladesh announced on Thursday it will maintain a restrained monetary policy for the second half of the current fiscal year ending June 2015. The half yearly monetary policy is designed to support the government’s policies and programs in pursuit of faster inclusive economic growth and poverty […]

WMS Global Awards for Excellence 2014 ceremony

BEIJING, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) — The World Media Summit (WMS) Global Awards for Excellence 2014 was held in Beijing on Tuesday. The Al Jazeera English programme 101 East received the public welfare accolade for Exemplary News Teams in Developing Countries; and Sainath Palagummi from the India-based newspaper The Hindu won the Award for Exemplary News […]

Bangladesh charges opposition chief with instigating attack on bus

DHAKA, Jan. 27 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh police have formally charged Begum Khaleda Zia, head of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) with instigating a petrol bomb attack on a passenger bus, a senior police official said on Sunday. Police said 29 people suffered burns in the incident on Friday and nine passengers are in critical […]