China plans quality growth, anti-graft drive in 2015

BEIJING, Feb. 13 (NsNewsWire) — China will focus on improving economic quality in 2015 and adapt itself to slower growth against global economic headwinds, top policy makers agreed on Thursday. Economic growth should remain within the desired range and restructuring of the economy will be at the center of policy decisions, according to a meeting […]

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Bangladesh on the Brink

By The New York Times EDITORIAL BOARD Bangladesh is on the edge of political chaos, and the intransigence of both the ruling Awami League and the opposition Bangladesh National Party is to blame. Unless both parties take immediate steps to pull back from entrenched positions, restrain the violent elements of their activist bases and embark […]

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Bangladeshi job seekers rush to land jobs in Saudi Arabia

by Liu Chuntao, Naim-Ul-Karim, Shariful Islam DHAKA, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) — Everybody seems to be in a mad rush to have their names registered with the relevant authorities to try and secure jobs in Saudi Arabia. Unemployed and in a dire need of employment, job seekers braved opposition enforced strikes and non-stop blockades to travel […]

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Bangladesh opposition points finger at ruling party men for bomb attacks

DHAKA, Feb. 13 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh opposition has pointed finger at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) party men for carrying out petrol bomb attacks. Ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( BNP) Spokesman Salahuddin Ahmed in a statement on Thursday said this is nothing but a trick of AL to […]

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UN Concerned Over Bangadesh Violence

New York, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, has said the Secretary‑General is personally committed to the stability and positive development of Bangladesh. “Bangladesh, as you know, is a critical partner of the United Nations in many areas. And obviously, I think, as we’ve said here a […]

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Three killed, dozens injured in train-bus collision in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — At least three people were killed and dozens of others injured on Thursday morning when a train struck a bus in Bangladesh’s seaport city Chittagong, a police officer. The officer of Chittagong Metropolitan Police who did not like to be named said the collision occurred at about 11:20 a.m. local […]

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Smoking in cars to become illegal in England

LONDON, Feb. 12 (NsNewsWire) — British parliament Wednesday approved regulations which will make smoking in cars become illegal when carrying children, the Department of Health said. The Department of Health said the new rules are expected to come into force on Oct. 1 and people who violates those rules will be fined 50 pounds (about […]

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