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Bangladesh’s apex court upholds top opposition leader’s death penalty

DHAKA, July 29 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh’s apex court has upheld the death penalty for a top opposition party leader for war crimes including mass killings during the country’s war of independence 43 years ago. A four-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) bench headed by Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha delivered the verdict on Wednesday morning, […]

Will “China threat” cliche help Abe ease domestic tensions on war bills?

TOKYO, July 29 (Xinhua) — The upper house of Japan‘s bicameral Diet has discussed a series of unpopular security-related bills from Monday, but unlike similar debates in the lower house, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his fellow ministers, as well as lawmakers from Abe’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), directly pointed to and chided China […]

Bangladesh police arrest eight in crackdown on Islamist groups

DHAKA, July 28 (NsNewsWire) – Police in Bangladesh have arrested eight suspected militants, including the chief of the outlawed Jamaat-ul Mujahideen group, as authorities step up a crackdown on hardline Islamists. Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority nation of 160 million people, targeted the militants after machete-wielding attackers this year hacked to death three online critics of religious […]

Chinese top political advisor calls for further improvement of Sino-Indonesian ties

JAKARTA, July 28 (NsNewsWire) — Visiting top Chinese political advisor Yu Zhengsheng said in Jakarta that he expects that the China-Indonesia bilateral relations will be further improved. Yu, Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), told a press conference on Monday after meeting with Zulkifli Hasan, chairman of the […]

Bangladesh discovers only 100 tigers in famed Sundarbans

DHAKA, July 27 (NsNewswire) — Bangladesh has only about 100 tigers living in the world’s largest mangrove forest, far fewer of the endangered animals than previously thought, following a recent survey, a top forestry official said Monday, reports AFP. Some 440 tigers were recorded during the previous census conducted in 2004 in the World Heritage-listed […]

Bangladesh expresses concern about India’s river-linking plan

DHAKA, July 26 (NsNewsWire) — A recent announcement in Delhi to go ahead with a scheme to link 30 rivers across the country, including the Brahmaputra and the Ganga in the Himalayas, set off a new round of grave concerns from its next door neighbor Bangladesh. New Delhi’s renewed thrust on the project has left […]

Bangladesh’s ex-PM Khaleda Zia appears in anti-graft court

DHAKA, July 23 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia appeared on Thursday before a court for hearing in two graft cases. The court has fixed August 3 for the hearing in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases, reports Xinhua. The proceedings in the graft cases started at the special court […]

Eid-ul-Fitr celebration in Bangladesh marred by deadly car mishaps

By Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, July 23 (Xinhua) — What would have been a happy celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr, the Muslim world’s most joyous event, turned out to be gruesome with scores of Bangladesh citizens killed in car crashes while others were victims of road rage. At least three people, including Doctor Abdul Aziz and his daughter, were […]

China intensifies efforts to construct Belt and Road

BEIJING, July 22 (NsNewsWire) — China will intensify its efforts to revive ancient trade routes this year as the country continues to develop the Belt and Road Initiative, according to a top level meeting on Tuesday. The Belt and Road Initiative, proposed by China in 2013, is a trade and infrastructure network that includes the […]