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DHAKA, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) — As the main opposition alliance in Bangladesh gears up for a “long march” to Dhaka seeking cancellation of the parliament polls slated for Jan. 5, many fear the situation in the country could become much more volatile. Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Tuesday night through a press conference urged […]
Read MoreThailand’s army chief on Friday urged both sides in the country’s bitter political dispute to show restraint, but did not explicitly rule out the possibility of a coup. Thailand has been wracked by two months of political tensions and occasionally violent street protests pitting the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra against protesters seeking to […]
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Dhaka (AFP) – Bangladesh’s main opposition party said Thursday its leader Khaleda Zia was being kept under virtual house arrest after she called for a mass march aimed at scuppering a January 5 election. “Since yesterday she has been under virtual house arrest,” Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) vice-president Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury told AFP. “The police […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 26 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh troops have begun to deploy across the country as part of beefed up security measures to hold parliamentary polls slated for Jan. 5. The Bangladesh Election Commission on Dec. 20 announced to deploy troops for 15 days from Dec. 26 as part of beefed up security measures to hold […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 25 (NsNewsWire) — Christians in Bangladesh and elsewhere in the world are celebrating Christmas with religious fervour and enthusiasm to mark the birthday of Jesus Christ. Merry Christmas to all! In light of the country’s worsening political situation, law enforcement agencies have made elaborate security arrangements with heavy deployment in and around churches […]
Read MoreThe U.S. and the United Nations are preparing to make more peacekeeping troops available for the growing conflict in South Sudan, as President Salva Kiir opened the door to talks with his deposed vice president. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon asked the Security Council to add 5,500 soldiers to the peacekeeping mission of 7,000 already […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s main opposition party chief Tuesday urged people from all walks of life to converge in capital Dhaka on Dec. 29 in support of its demand for scrapping parliamentary elections slated for Jan. 5. Opposition Chief Khaleda Zia, also two-time former prime minister, made the plea from a press conference […]
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New York, Dec. 24 (NsNewsWire) — The Bangladeshi authorities should urgently set up an effective mechanism to protect witnesses in cases before the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), Human Rights Watch said on Dec. 23. Prosecution witness Mustafa Howlader died on December 10, 2013, after being attacked in his home. Howlader appeared in the case against […]
Read MoreDHAKA, Dec. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the assault rifle that has killed more people than any other firearm in the world, died on Monday aged 94, Russian officials said. Kalashnikov, who was in his 20s when he created the AK-47 just after World War Two, died in his home city of […]
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