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Shakib’s heroics steer Bangladesh to clinch Test series over Zimbabwe

Khulna, Nov. 7 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh have won the second Test by 162 runs to clinch the three-match series 2-0 Shakib Al Hasan performed with bat and ball to hand Bangladesh the comfortable win over Zimbabwe in the second Test on Friday at Abu Naser Statdium in southwestern Khuna city. Shakib who took 10 wickets […]

Bangladesh’s besieged Islamist party fights for life

By Shafiqul Alam, AFP: Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party faces an existential crisis after a series of body blows, including the sentencing to death of its leaders and abandonment by its main secular ally, say analysts. Bangladesh sentences another top Islamist to death Associated Press Jailed Bangladesh ex-Islamist leader dies Associated Press Ghulam Azam: Bangladeshi war […]

Beijing mobilizes police, civilians for APEC security

Beijing police said they will deploy 28,000 police officers each day starting Thursday as the Chinese capital raises security for this week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting. Another 800,000 civilians will be mobilized to aid in security in the city, said an official with the Beijing Municipal Security Bureau (BMSB). Xinhua

Bangladeshi migrants eke out a living in Rome

Rome, Italy – “Tourists in groups never buy anything.” Ignoring the large group of American tourists sauntering back towards his stall, Faisal pulls out a photo of a boy from his wallet. “This is Sifat, my son. I send him to an English school and he’s at the top of his class,” the 30-year-old migrant […]

China to speed up construction of new Silk Road: Xi

BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) — China will accelerate the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, and strengthen cooperation with the countries involved, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced. “We should prepare timetables and road maps for the coming years for the ‘One Belt and One Road’ project,” Xi […]

Bangladesh Islamist ‘may hang in a week’

Bangladesh may hang a senior Islamist leader as early as next week after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence for war crimes, the law minister said. Mohammad Kamaruzzaman of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, the country’s largest Islamic political group, would be the second senior Islamist to hang for crimes committed during the 1971 war of […]

Int’l community speaks highly of China’s aid to Ebola-hit countries

Since the Ebola outbreak in April, China has offered four batches of aid to West African countries, which has not only been a makeshift emergency relief, but also sought to improve those countries’ ability in crisis response and state governance. The record-breaking assistance, worth 122 million U.S. dollars, demonstrated China’s sincerity and selflessness with Africa […]

Bangladesh eyes 3 mln more solar home systems in 3 yrs

DHAKA, Nov. 5 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Wednesday celebrated the installation of three million solar home systems in the country. Speaking as a chief guest at the celebration ceremony, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government plans to install three million more solar home systems in the country in the next three years. She said […]

Tough road ahead for Obama after Republicans seize Senate

(Reuters) – Republicans rode a wave of voter discontent to seize control of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, dealing a punishing blow to President Barack Obama that will limit his legislative agenda and may force him to make a course correction for his last two years in office. The Republican rout was wide and deep […]