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Chinese dance drama promotes “Maritime Silk Road” at UN HQ

by Shi Xiaomeng UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) — “I thought the story was very powerful. It was about family, love, adventure, friendship, and inheritance,” Maria Kucinski said after watching a traditional Chinese dance drama “Dream of the Maritime Silk Road.” Admitting that she has never learnt anything before about Maritime Silk Road — a […]

Bangladesh moves into Bangabandhu Gold Cup Football final

DHAKA, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh moves into Bangabandhu Gold Cup Football final with 1-0 against Thailand in the second semi-final here on Friday night. Defender Nasiruddin Chowdhury scored the winning goal for the hosts against the strong Thailand side at Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka from a corner in the 39th minute of the […]

Bangladesh’s opposition party’s student wing calls strike

DHAKA, Feb. 7 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s Islamist party’s student wing has called a countrywide strike for Sunday amid the main opposition alliance’s ongoing non-stop blockade campaign that entered 32nd day on Friday. Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e- Islami party, key ally ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s 20-party opposition alliance, called the dawn-to-dusk […]

Bangladesh opposition calls 72-hour strike

DHAKA, Feb. 7 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s main opposition alliance has called another round of nationwide strike from Sunday morning protesting “arrest and killing of its leaders and activists.” The opposition alliance has decided to enforce the shutdown, the announcement of which came just a day after it observed a five- day countrywide strike from Feb. […]

Google Street View comes to Bangladesh

Dhaka, Feb 6 (NsNewsWire) — Google’s Street View vehicles have been doing the rounds in Bangladesh to bring you sights from the country’s capital of Dhaka and its port city Chittagong on your desktops and mobile devices. Bangladesh is the 65th country to have become available in Street View. Google announced that it partnered with […]

SSC exams begin amid BNP’s blockade

Dhaka, Feb 6 (NsNewsWire) — The SSC and equivalent examinations began on Friday morning across the country amid tension over political violence as the indefinite blockade by the BNP-led 20-party alliance continues. The exam began at 9:00am amid tight security enforced by law enforcers across the country. According to a reliable sources, the government, meanwhile, […]

Tiger Woods withdraws on the 12th hole of Farmers Insurance

Dhaka, Feb 6 (NsNewsWire) — Tiger Woods withdrew from the Farmers Insurance Open while playing his 12th hole of his round after his back gave him trouble. “It tightened up during the suspensions and it never loosened back up again,” said Woods, alluding to fog delays before the round began. “It just got progressively tighter, […]

Over 17 killed in south China fire

GUANGZHOU, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) — Over 17 people were killed in a fire in south China’s Guangdong Province, local authorities said on Friday. The fire broke out at about 1:51 p.m. on Thursday in a warehouse on the fourth floor of a small merchandise wholesale market in Huidong County. It had been put under control […]

Russia warns U.S. against sending weapons to Ukraine

MOSCOW, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) — Russia warned on Thursday that possible U.S. weapons supplies to Ukraine would not only escalate the conflict in the country, but also threaten Russia’s security. “We are very seriously concerned by these plans. Taking into account the retaliatory plans of Kiev’s ‘party of war’, this could not only escalate the […]