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Bangladesh’s supreme court upholds death penalty for Islamist party chief

DHAKA, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s apex court upheld a death penalty for the largest Islamist party chief on Wednesday over war crimes during the country’s war of independence 44 years ago. A four-member bench of the Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha delivered the verdict, upholding the death penalty against the […]

Bangladesh’s ruling party celebrates election win anniversary, opposition marks black day

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) — Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling Bangladesh Awami League party kicked off celebrations Tuesday for its 2nd anniversary in power, lauding its accomplishments while the largest opposition accused it of monopolizing authority. Awami League has been observing Jan. 5, 2014 parliament poll day, as “victory day for democracy,” as […]

Grant Signing: Bangladesh Receives $100 Million Grant to Help 19.5 Million Children Complete Primary Schooling

DHAKA, Jan. 05, (NsNewsWire) — The Government of Bangladesh today signed an agreement with the World Bank for a $100 million grant from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) for the ongoing Third Primary Education Development Program (PEDP3). The grant will help 19.5 million children in primary school to receive primary education and complete grade 5. […]

Three dead, hundred injured as panic, fear grip Bangladeshis in predawn earthquake

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) — At least three people died in Bangladesh as Monday’s predawn massive earthquake in India, measuring 6.7 magnitude on the Richter scale, shook the country, rattling nerves and causing panic. A youth died due to heart attack in Dhaka and another person succumbed to his injuries sustained while rushing […]

UN faces new opportunities to promote world peace, development in 2016

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 3 (NsNewsWire) — As the clock ticked into the new year, the United Nations faces new opportunities to promote peace and development in the world — to bring an early end to the Syria conflict, to kick off the implementation of a blueprint for global sustainable development, and to select a new […]

Iranian protesters set Saudi embassy on fire in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) — Angry Iranian protesters against the execution of a Shiite leader by Saudi Arabia raided and set fire to the Saudi Embassy in Tehran late Saturday. The move came hours after the Saudi Interior Ministry announced that prominent Shiite leader Nimr al-Nimr and 46 other men were executed on terror charges. […]

Bangladesh’s ruling party wins landslide victory in maiden partisan local polls

DHAKA, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) — Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling Bangladesh Awami League party, which came into power since 2009, won Wednesday’s maiden partisan local body polls by a landslide, election results showed on Thursday. According to the results declared in the 226 municipalities, the party showed its mettle that it firmly had the […]

Bangladesh tightens security for New Year’s eve

by Naim-Ul-Karim, Shariful Islam DHAKA, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) — Authorities in Bangladesh have tightened security in capital Dhaka for New Year’s eve in the wake of a rising tide of militancy. Thousands of Bangladeshi police and anti-crime elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have been deployed in capital Dhaka to maintain law and order. The […]

IMF Launches Youth Video Contest in Asia

DHAKA, DEC.30 (NsNewsWire)– The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has launched the 2016 Advancing Asia: Investing for the Future Youth Video Contest. The competition—to be held in conjunction with the Advancing Asia conference, that will take place in New Delhi, India, on March 11–13, 2016—seeks videos from young videographers of all abilities capturing through their own […]