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Violent brawl likely between Bangladesh ruling, opposition parties over elections

DHAKA, Jan. 1 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has tabled a seven-point proposal to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasian’s government for an immediate “inclusive general elections” under a non-party caretaker government. Khaleda Zia, also chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( BNP), at a press briefing in capital Dhaka on Wednesday night unveiled the […]

Bodies and debris found in AirAsia plane search

SURABAYA, Indonesia, Dec. 31 (NsNewsWire) –Debris and bodies from the AirAsia flight were found Tuesday in Indonesian waters, three days after the jetliner with 162 people disappeared from radar in bad weather. The country’s National Search and Rescue Agency confirmed that debris from the aircraft was found in the Karimata Strait between Sumatra, Java and […]

Bangladesh Jamaat enforces strike over party leader’s death penalty

DHAKA, Dec. 31 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party has enforced a dawn-to-dusk nationwide strike for Wednesday.Bangladesh The party has called nationwide strike for Wednesday and Thursday in protest against the death sentences handed over to its leader for war crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971. Jamaat in a press release published […]

Bangladesh sentences Islamist leader to death

DHAKA, Dec. 30 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party’s Assistant Secretary General ATM Azharul has been sentenced to death for committing war crimes including mass killings. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 pronounced the verdict Tuesday afternoon on a crime against humanity case, awarding death sentence to Islam, now behind the bar. He was indicted in November […]

Search for missing AirAsia plane expands with more aircraft, ships joining

JAKARTA/PANGKALPINANG, Indonesia, Dec. 30 (NsNewsWire) — More countries were sending planes and ships on Tuesday to join an expanding search operation in the Java Sea off Indonesia where an AirAsia plane disappeared as the sea and aerial hunt entered its third day. Around 30 ships, 15 fixed-wing aircraft and seven helicopters from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore […]

Train-covered van collision leaves 6 dead in Bangladesh capital

DHAKA, Dec. 29 (NsNewsWire) — At least 3 people were killed and over a dozen others injured after a train derailed after being hit by a covered van near Kamalapur railway station area in Dhaka. Abdul Majid, officer-in-charge of Government Railway Police (GRP) at Kamalapur, told journalists that collision left two persons dead on the […]

Search for missing AirAsia Flight 8501 expands off Indonesian coast

Jakarta, Dec. 29 (NsNewsWire) — Naval ships, small boats, helicopters and surveillance aircraft from four nations expanded the search Monday for a missing AirAsia jetliner in the waters off of Indonesia. Bambang Soelistyo, the head of Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency, which was leading the effort, said investigators believed the plane carrying 162 mostly […]

Chinese FM Yi holds bilateral talks with Bangladesh

DHAKA, Dec. 28 (NsNewsWire) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who arrived in Dhaka on Saturday night, on Sunday held talks with his Bangladesh counterpart AH Mahmood Ali and discussed ways to further bolster cooperation in key areas including trade and investment. Both Wang and Ali were assisted by their delegations which comprised of senior […]

AirAsia jet with 162 on board goes missing on way to Singapore

Delhi, Dec. 28 (NsNewsWire) — Before communication was lost with AirAsia Flight 8501, the aircraft requested to deviate from the planned flight route due to weather, the airline said in a statement. The plane was still under Indonesian air traffic control as it headed toward Singapore, reports CNN. Missing AirAsia Flight 8501 is carrying 162 […]