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21 killed, 59 wounded in Egypt church blast

CAIRO, April 9 (Xinhua) — At least 21 people were killed and 59 others injured in an explosion inside a church in the Egyptian Nile delta city of Tanta on Sunday, the Egyptian Health Ministry said. An explosive device was planted in front seat of the church, State-run TV quoted a security sources as saying. […]

Authorities impose curfew in India’s Odisha state following communal violence

NEW DELHI, April 8 (Xinhua) — Authorities in India’s eastern state of Odisha Saturday imposed curfew and prohibitory orders following violence and clashes between two communities, officials said. The curfew has been put in place in Bhadrak district, about 126 km northeast of Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha. “The curfew has been announced last […]

DPRK raps South Korea for seeking closer military ties with U.S.

PYONGYANG, April 8 (Xinhua) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Saturday rapped South Korea for seeking closer military alliance with the United States which it said would escalate confrontation between the two sides. “South Korean puppet conservative group, whose fate is at stake after being cursed and rejected by the public, works hard […]

World Bank Provides $507 Million Financing to Improve Infrastructures in Bangladesh

WASHINGTON, April 7 (NsNewsWire) — The World Bank has approved $507 million financing for two projects in Bangladesh to enhance the local financial institutions’ capacity to provide long-term financing for private sector-led infrastructure projects, and improve multimodal transport and trade logistics infrastructure and services, including modernizing of land ports. Built on the success of […]

Air India lifts travel ban imposed on lawmaker

NEW DELHI, April 7 (Xinhua) — India’s national carrier Air India Friday lifted the travel ban it imposed on a senior lawmaker of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s ally Shiv Sena over two weeks back. The travel restrictions were lifted after receiving the order from India’s Civil Aviation Ministry, a day after lawmakers of the western […]

Hollande, Merkel say Assad “responsible” for escalating situation in Syria

PARIS, April 7 (Xinhua) — French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad bore “full responsibility” for the U.S. military action. The U.S. military on Thursday launched a targeted missile strike at a Syrian military airfield in its first direct assault on al-Assad’s army since the Syria […]

Bangladesh earns 26 bln USD in exports in 3Qs of current fiscal

DHAKA, April 6 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s export income in the first three quarters of the current 2016-17 fiscal year (July 2016-June 2017) grew 3.97 percent to nearly 26 billion U.S. dollars, an official said Thursday, reports Xinhua. The Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) official told Xinhua that the country earned a total of 25,946.02 million U.S. […]

World MPs in drive to end extreme inequalities

DHAKA, April 6 (NsNewsWire) — Expressing grave concern with the extreme political, social and economic inequalities prevalent in the world, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has called for immediate action to reverse this trend and leave no one behind. In a declaration issued at the close of the 136th IPU Assembly (#IPU136) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, IPU […]

Iran condemns use of chemical weapons in Syria conflicts

TEHRAN, April 5 (Xinhua) — Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday strongly condemned the recent use of chemical weapons in Syria‘s rebel-held Idlib province, Tasnim news agency reported. In a statement released on Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi offered his condolences to the Syrians over the deaths of people in a recent chemical attack […]