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Bangladesh marks 44th Victory Day with festivities

DHAKA, Dec. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh has celebrated its 44th Victory Day, commemorating the valiant sons of the soil who sacrificed their lives for independence from the Pakistani occupation forces in 1971. A 31-gun salute heralded the occasion, with major streets, buildings and structures in the capital illuminated with national flags and colourful lights. Like […]

80 pct of smokeless tobacco users in India, Bangladesh: report

Mumbai, Dec. 16 (NsNewsWire) — The first-ever report on the global use and public health impact of smokeless tobacco has found that more than 300 million people in at least 70 countries use the carcinogenic product. Eighty per cent of smokeless tobacco users in the world are in India and Bangladesh. The report ‘Smokeless Tobacco […]

Bangladesh president coming Dec 18 on six-day visit

New Delhi, Dec. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh President M Abdul Hamid arrives in India Dec 18 on a six-day official visit at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee. The Bangladesh president, besides meeting President Mukherjee, will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President Hamid Ansari, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and the Leader […]

Gunman, two others dead in Sydney siege, police say

Sydney , Dec. 16 (NsNewsWire) — Australian authorities stormed the cafe where aself-styled Muslim cleric had been holding hostages early Tuesday, killing the gunman and ending a crisis that had paralyzed central Sydney for hours. They moved in more than 16 hours after the siege began, only after hearing gunfire inside the Lindt Chocolate Cafe, […]

Arab world faces tough task in fighting terrorism in 2015

DUBAI, Dec. 15 (NsNewsWire) — The threat of religiously motivated terrorism would not disappear too soon in Iraq, Syria and Egypt, a former top diplomat of Egypt said here on Sunday. Speaking at the one-day Arab Strategy Forum on the economic and political outlook for 2015, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Egypt’s former minister of foreign affairs, […]

American in N.Korea denounces U.S., seeks Venezuela asylum – media

North Korea, Dec. 15 (NsNewsWire ) — A U.S. citizen who illegally entered North Korea delivered a lengthy denunciation of U.S. domestic and foreign policy on Sunday and said he was seeking political asylum in Venezuela, reports Reuters quoting the the North’s official media said. The man identified himself as Arturo Pierre Martinez, 29, from […]

Sydney Hostage Situation: 3 People Flee Lindt Chocolate Shop

Sydney, Dec. 15 (NsNewsWire) — Three people were seen fleeing from a Sydney cafe after they had been taken hostage — with others still held inside as neighboring blocks remain locked down as police tried to make contact with the perpetrators, authorities said. The hostages were being held in the Lindt Chocolat Café, a chocolate […]

Bangladesh President, PM pay tributes to martyred intellectuals

DHAKA, Dec. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday stood in solemn silence for some time to show respect to the memories of the best sons of the soil when bugle was played last post. Before that they paid rich tributes to the martyred intellectuals by placing wreaths at […]

Xi to attend gathering celebrating 15th anniversary of Macao’s return

BEIJING, Dec. 14 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to attend a gathering in the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Dec. 19-20 for the 15th anniversary of Macao’s return to China, authorities said on Sunday. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central […]