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Bangladesh’s opposition alliance enforces 36-hour non-stop strike

DHAKA, Jan. 25 (NsNewsWire) — Ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s 20-party opposition alliance has enforced a 36-hour non-stop nationwide strike from (today) Sunday morning amid its ongoing blockade campaign that entered 20th day. The alliance Saturday called the nationwide strike in protest against the government’s plan for electricity price hike. Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) […]

Xi stresses adherence to dialectical materialism

BEIJING, Jan. 25 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed dialectical materialism as a way to deepen reform. Xi, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks while presiding over a meeting attended by members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Friday, reports Xinhua. […]

News Analysis: How Europe to turn resolve into action on anti-terrorist strike

BRUSSELS, Jan. 25 (NsNewsWire) — The bloody terrorist attacks in Paris last week marked a watershed moment, triggering political leaders to take to the street to express their resolve in fighting terrorism. Some experts’ perspectives are that the European reaction in the next stage will definitely not be as simple as the word “fight,” as […]

Obama to cut short India visit, fly to Saudi Arabia

Jan. 24 (NsNewsWire) — U.S. President Barack Obama will cut short his visit to India on Tuesday to fly to Saudi Arabia following the death of King Abdullah, sources in the Indian capital familiar with the matter said on Saturday. The White House could not immediately be reached for comment. Obama was due to arrive […]

World leaders pay respects to late Saudi King Abdullah

Riyad, Jan. 24 (NsNewsWire) — British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande will be in Riyadh. The US delegation is led by Vice-President Joe Biden. King Abdullah died aged 90. He was buried in an unmarked grave in Riyadh after Friday prayers, reports BBC. King Salman, 79, pledged continuity after his accession […]

Bangladesh opposition calls 36-hour countrywide strike from Sunday morning

DHAKA, Jan. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Khaleda Zia’s 20-party alliance has called a 36-hour countrywide non-stop strike from Sunday morning amid its ongoing blockade campaign that entered 19th day. Khaleda’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in a statement on Saturday made the announcement. BNP and its allies are observing a nonstop blockade across the country since Jan. […]

Ex-PM Khaled’a Youngest Son Koko dies

DHAKA, Jan. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s youngest son Arafat Rahman Koko has died in a hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Source said he was rushed to a hospital after he had complained pain in the chest. Doctors declared him dead at around 12:30pm Bangladesh time on Saturday.

Death of Saudi King Unsettles Oil Market, Prices Rise

Riyad, Jan. 23 (NsNewsWire) — Oil prices rose on news of the death of Saudi Arabia’s powerful King Abdullah, but the increase is likely to be short-lived without a cut in the kingdom’s immense crude production. The benchmark U.S. crude futures contract was up 71 cents to $47.02 a barrel at 0725 GMT on Friday. […]

India’s RITES to supply 120 passenger carriages to Bangladesh Railway

DHAKA, Jan. 22 (NsNewsWire) — An Agreement was signed between RITES Limited, India and Bangladesh Railways on January 21, 2015 for procurement of 120 Broad Gauge Passenger Carriages from India under the Indian Line of Credit. The carriages will start arriving in Bangladesh from July 2015 and the delivery will be completed in two years, […]