Int’l community condemns deadly attack on convoy of Syrian evacuees

DAMASCUS, April 17 (Xinhua) — The international community has denounced a deadly car bombing that killed 126 people of a convoy of Shiite evacuees in northern Syria. The Saturday blast, carried out by a suicide bomber driving a booby-trapped potato truck, rocked the rebel-held Rashideen area in the countryside of Aleppo province, where buses carrying […]

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S. Korea, U.S. agree to strengthen alliance during U.S. vice president’s visit

SEOUL, April 17 (Xinhua) — Visiting United States Vice President Mike Pence and South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn agreed Monday to strengthen alliance of the two countries and take punitive actions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Pence and Hwang, who is serving as the acting South Korean president, held talks in […]

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Veteran Financial Express Journalist Anisur Rahman Selim dies, aged 75

DHAKA, April 17 (NsNewswire) — Veteran journalist Anisur Rahman Selim, the longtime chief sub-editor of the Financial Express, has died. He was 75. A senior Financial Express journalist said that Selim died of old-age complications Monday morning at his house in capital Dhaka. Born in Comilla, he had worked at the Financial Express till 2013 […]

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Bangladesh among six placed on east Libya immigration ban

Tripoli, April 17 (NsNewsWire) — Forces loyal to the rebel general in control of east Libya, Khalifa Haftar, are reportedly enforcing an immigration ban against nationals from six Muslim-majority countries. A missive, signed by an official at al-Abraq International Airport, forbids entry to all passport-holders from Yemen, Sudan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Iran and Syria, reports The […]

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Dubai launches e-governance scheme to cut paper works

DUBAI, April 16 (Xinhua) — Dubai launched on Sunday the e-governance scheme “Smart Dubai 2021” with the objective to eliminate all paper works at government institutions as of 2021. In a ceremony launching the announcement, the Crown Prince of the emirate of Dubai Sheikh Hamdan said his government “will issue its last paper transaction in […]

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Iraq condemns deadly attack on convoy of Syrian evacuees

BAGHDAD, April 16 (Xinhua) — Iraq on Sunday condemned the massive bomb attack on a convoy of buses evacuating some 5,000 civilians to government-controlled areas in Syria. “Iraq expresses its strong condemnation for the criminal terrorist act that targeted innocent civilians evacuated from the Syrian towns of Kefraya and Foah,” the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign […]

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Shutdown against civilian killing affects normal life in Indian-controlled Kashmir

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, April 16 (Xinhua) — Muslim majority areas of Indian-controlled Kashmir Sunday observed complete shutdown to protest the killing of a civilian, police said. The call for shutdown was jointly given by separatist groups against the Saturday evening killing of a civilian at the hands of Indian troops in Batamaloo locality of Srinagar […]

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S.Korean military says DPRK’s attempted test-launch of missile fails

SEOUL, April 16 (Xinhua) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) attempted early Sunday to test-launch an unidentified missile on its east coast, which was believed to have failed, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. The JCS confirmed the botched missile launch, saying it is still analyzing what type of missile was […]

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Bangladesh FM Meets Governor of Leningrad Oblast (Saint Petersburg)

DHAKA, April 16 (NsNewsWire) — Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, MP met with the Governor of Leningrad Oblast Alexander Drozdenko on Saturday at the Governor Mansion in St. Petersburg yesterday. The Governor briefed the historic importance of the capital of the region: St. Petersburg, a city built by Czar Peter the Great. He further briefed the Foreign […]

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