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Christmas today

DHAKA, Dec. 25 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s Christian community like those across the world is all set to celebrate Christmas (today) Thursday. Tens of thousands of people have already left Dhaka for their village homes to celebrate the festival with their near and dear ones. Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual festival commemorating the birth […]

Captured Jordanian pilot’s family to ISIS: Show mercy

Amman, Jordan, Dec. 25 (NsNewsWire) — For the first time since a United States-led international coalition began airstrikes against the extremist group ISIS, a coalition pilot has been captured. The family of Jordanian Moaz al-Kasasbeh is pleading that the militants release him, reports CNN . Speaking with CNN Arabic, the pilot’s brother Jawad al-Kasasbeh asked […]

BNP Chief Appearas Before Court Amid Clashes

DHAKA, Dec. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Dozens of people were injured as opposition leaders and activists who gathered outside a court in old Dhaka where ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia appeared for hearing in her graft cases on Wednesday afternoon, clashed with police and ruling party men. A number of vehicles were smashed or set on fire […]

Bangladesh hero Shakib joins Renegades

Melbourne, Dec. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Allrounder signs with red half of Melbourne for back half of BBL season. Melbourne Renegades have signed the world’s No.1-ranked Twenty20 allrounder Shakib Al Hasan from Bangladesh for the second half of the KFC T20 Big Bash League season. A left-hand batsman and left-arm spinner, Shakib is not stranger to […]

ntertainment Aamir Khan’s PK in legal turmoil, FIR filed against makers for allegedly hurting religious sentiments

Mumbai, Dec. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Controversy does not seem to cease courting the recently released film PK, starring Bollywood’s ace actor, Aamir Khan. The film that hit the theatres on December 19, 2014, has been doing well amongst the audiences but is now facing legal complication, reports DNA. Claiming that the makers of PK have […]

Ex-President George H.W. Bush taken to hospital

HOUSTON, Dec. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Former President George H.W. Bush was admitted to a Houston hospital Tuesday evening after experiencing a shortness of breath, a family spokesman said. Bush, 90, was taken by ambulance to Houston Methodist Hospital as a “precaution,” according to spokesman Jim McGrath. He “will be held for observation, again as a […]

Bangladeshi ex-minister sentenced to death for war crimes

DHAKA, Dec. 23 (NsNewsWire) — A former Bangladeshi minister has been sentenced to death for war crimes during the country’s Liberation War in 1971. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 found the former Minister Syed Mohammed Kaiser guilty of collaborating with Pakistani forces and committing war crimes including mass killings. The tribunal pronounced the verdict Tuesday […]

Bangladesh’s mobile subscriber base rises to nearly 120 million: BTRC

DHAKA, Dec. 23 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh had more than 19 million active mobile subscribers at the end of November with five million new users in the first 11 months of 2014. According to the Bangladesh’s Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) data, the total subscriber base at the end of November stood at 19.623 million. It also […]

Bangladesh development threatens fragile Sundarbans mangroves

DHAKA, Dec. 23 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh’s rapid development on the doorstep of the ecologically fragile Sundarbans mangrove forest means “environmental disasters” like this month’s oil spill in the massive delta are increasingly likely, experts warn. A cargo ship last week crashed into an oil tanker in thick fog in a river of the Sundarbans, whose […]