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Bangladesh aims to be world’s ‘first solar nation’

DHAKA, Jan. 26 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Residents of Islampur, a remote village in the northern Bangladeshi district of Naogaon, were stunned one night last summer when the darkness was suddenly illuminated by electric lights coming from a village home. Why the surprise? The community has no connection to the country’s power […]

Party discipline inspection unveils officials’ misconduct

BEIJING, Jan. 26 (NsNewsWire) — The discipline watchdog of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has noted collusion of businessmen and government officials among prominent issues uncovered in the second round of discipline inspections for 2014. Other high-profile issues included corruptions of officials with good ability, severe corrupt acts by low-rank officials, and buying and […]

Bangladesh’s opposition alliance enforces 36-hour non-stop strike

DHAKA, Jan. 25 (NsNewsWire) — Ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s 20-party opposition alliance has enforced a 36-hour non-stop nationwide strike from (today) Sunday morning amid its ongoing blockade campaign that entered 20th day. The alliance Saturday called the nationwide strike in protest against the government’s plan for electricity price hike. Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) […]

World leaders pay respects to late Saudi King Abdullah

Riyad, Jan. 24 (NsNewsWire) — British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande will be in Riyadh. The US delegation is led by Vice-President Joe Biden. King Abdullah died aged 90. He was buried in an unmarked grave in Riyadh after Friday prayers, reports BBC. King Salman, 79, pledged continuity after his accession […]

Ex-PM Khaled’a Youngest Son Koko dies

DHAKA, Jan. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s youngest son Arafat Rahman Koko has died in a hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Source said he was rushed to a hospital after he had complained pain in the chest. Doctors declared him dead at around 12:30pm Bangladesh time on Saturday.

Death of Saudi King Unsettles Oil Market, Prices Rise

Riyad, Jan. 23 (NsNewsWire) — Oil prices rose on news of the death of Saudi Arabia’s powerful King Abdullah, but the increase is likely to be short-lived without a cut in the kingdom’s immense crude production. The benchmark U.S. crude futures contract was up 71 cents to $47.02 a barrel at 0725 GMT on Friday. […]

Bangladesh arrests 7,000 opposition activists

DHAKA, Jan. 22 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh has arrested more than 7,000 opposition activists since the start of nationwide protests two weeks ago, ministers have said. The authorities are struggling to deal with unrest in which activists have bombed vehicles and blockaded roads, and 29 people have died, reports Xinhua. Opposition leader Khaleda Zia called for […]

New Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ma Mingqiang arrives in Dhaka

DHAKA, Jan. 22 (NsNewsWire) — The new Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh, Ma Mingqiang, arrived in Dhaka (tomorrow) Thursday afternoon. Prior to this appointment, according to the source, he was the secretary-general of ASEAN-China Centre (ACC). He will replace Li Jun who left Dhaka in September last year after discharging two and a half years of […]

ISIS threatens to kill 2 Japanese hostages unless Tokyo pays $200 million

Japan, Jan. 21 (NsNewsWire) — Two Japanese hostages, one demand from ISIS: Hand over $200 million, or else. The else being that the pair will meet the same gruesome fate as other captives held by the terrorist group, others who were shown in ISIS videos kneeling in orange jumpsuits in front of masked, black-clad men — […]