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Bangladesh’s opposition alliance enforces nationwide blockade

DHAKA, Jan. 6 (NsNewsWire) — Ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s 20-party opposition alliance has enforced blockade across Bangladesh. Khaleda Zia, who remained confined in her office since Saturday night, made the blockade announcement on Monday evening after she was barred to join her party’s anti-government rally. Long-distance buses operating between Dhaka and outlying Bangladesh places […]

China nets over 100,000 officials in frugality campaign

BEIJING, Jan. 5 (NsNewsWire) — December 2014 saw 5,340 officials reprimanded for violating austere working practice policies, bringing the total number of those held to task since late 2012 to over 100,000, the top anti-graft body said Monday. Those punished last month were involved in 4,238 violation cases, the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) Central […]

2 dead, dozens injured in Bangladesh clashes

DHAKA, Jan. 5 (NsNewsWire) — Two people were killed in a violent clash between ruling Bangladesh Awami League party and its main opponent ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) men in Natore district, some 210 northwest of capital Dhaka, on Monday morning. Tense political standoff over the opposition alliance’s demand for a fresh […]

BNP headquarters, chief Khaleda Zia besieged

DHAKA, Jan. 4 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chief Khaleda Zia has remained cordoned off inside her office since Saturday night. Police have also locked down the BNP’s headquarters after searching it. Detectives arrested BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi at the party headquarters during the search. Tensions are running high across Bangladesh […]

Fear looms large as ruling, oppostion parites plan street programs on Jan. 5

DHAKA, Jan. 3 (NsNewsWire) — Tensions are running high across Bangladesh as the country’s political situation is once again heating up centering on the 1st anniversary of Jan. 5 parliamentary elections, which 21 parties including ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party boycotted. A year on, the BNP-led alliance now wants to observe Jan. 5 […]

U.S. sanctions North Korea over Sony hacking

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (NsNewsWire) — The Obama administration imposed sanctions Friday on three entities and 10 individuals tied to the North Korean government, describing it as the first step in response to the devastating cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment. White House officials said there was no evidence that the 10 officials took part in ordering […]

Xi demands immediate investigation into Shanghai stampede

BEIJING, Jan. 2 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday requested an immediate investigation into the cause of a stampede that broke out during a New Year Eve celebration in downtown Shanghai. New Year celebrations in the Bund area went astray Wednesday night, when a stampede killed at least 35 people and injured 42 […]

Bangladesh forex reserves reach $22.31 bln

DHAKA, Jan. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Bank foreign exchange reserves stood at 22,309.80 million U.S. dollars in December after reaching 21,590.04 million U.S. dollars in November, said a central bank official on Thursday. Reserve hit an all-time high of 22.37 billion U.S. dollars on Dec. 18, reflecting the country’s strength from the economic and financial […]

Commentary: Not a “Chinese Century,” but a less Westernized world

BEIJING, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) — As the world marches into 2015, the international landscape augurs just another year of what history wonks refer to as Pax Americana. A “Chinese Century” foreseen by Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz and many others has not begun. Even if — a very big if given the notorious inaccuracy of […]