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Chinese cyclists’ globe-trotting tour

Chinese globe-trotting cyclists Lai Likun (R) and Zhang Hui pose for photos at the Heroes’ Square in Budapest, Hungary, on April 6, 2015. Lai and Zhang arrived in Budapest on April 4. Lai began his global cycling tour in 2009, while Zhang, a university student in Beijing, joined him last year. Hungary is the 46th […]

Bangladesh-Oman will sit together to create more opportunities

DHAKA, April 7 (NsNewsWire) — State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has met the Omani Minister of Manpower Shaikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdullah Al Bakri in Muscat, said Foreign Ministry Press Release received on Tuesday . The State Minister is on a two-day official visit to the Sultanate. During the meeting, the Omani […]

Bangladesh: Suspend Death Sentence of War Crimes Accused

(New York) – The Bangladesh Supreme Court’s rejection on April 6, 2015, of the death penalty review petition for Muhammed Kamaruzzaman permits his imminent execution despite a seriously flawed trial, Human Rights Watch said today. Kamaruzzaman, a leader of the Jamaat-e-Islaami party, was convicted of war crimes committed during Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence. The authorities […]

Shakib to captain Bangladesh in first ODI against Pakistan

Bangladesh’s iconic allrounder Shakib Al Hasan will be doing captain’s duty for his team in the first ODI against Pakistan on April 17 since regular skipper Mashrafe Mortaza is serving a one-match suspension. Mortaza was suspended for an ODI due to his team’s slow over rate in the ICC World Cup quarter-final against India in […]

36 dead, dozens hurt as tropical storms clobber Bangladesh

DHAKA, Bangladesh – Separate tropical storms that have swept through parts of Bangladesh have left at least 36 people dead and scores injured. Media reports Monday said that the casualties have been recorded since Saturday and that most deaths took place in the northern district of Bogra, reports AP. The Bengali-language Prothom Alo newspaper reported […]

Jamaat calls strike for Tuesday, Wednesday

DHAKA, April 6 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party has called a 48-hour strike strike from Tuesday morning after an apex court bench Monday morning upheld its previous verdict on its leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, rejecting his plea for reviewing death penalty for crimes against humanity during the country’s war of independence in 1971. The declaration was […]

Bangladeshi Islamist loses final appeal against death sentence

DHAKA, April 6 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s highest court has rejected a final appeal by an Islamist leader to overturn his death sentence for atrocities committed during the 1971 independence war, clearing the last legal hurdle to his execution. The review petition is “dismissed”, Chief Justice S.K. Sinha ruled at the Supreme Court, upholding Mohammad Kamaruzzaman’s […]

South Africans bare all at first official nudist beach

Johannesburg (AFP) – A hundred naturists converged Saturday on a beach in South Africa, which has become Africa’s first official nudist beach, despite objections from some locals. A 500-metre (yard) stretch of Mpenjati Beach, which lies on the Indian Ocean, received local government approval last year to become the continent’s first official nudist venue. “It […]

Thousands attend Main Street Square’s Eggstravaganza

The Easter Bunny came to Rapid City a day early to stop by the Eggstravaganza event at Main Street Square Saturday afternoon. The grand opening of the Legacy Commons Playground kicked off the Eggstravaganza events with an Easter Egg hunt. Then the festivities moved over to Main Street Square. Main Street Square Executive Director Megan […]