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NsNewsWire journalist wins honorable mention at WMS Global Awards for Excellence

DHAKA, Oct. 28 (NsNewsWire) — The WMS Global Awards for Excellence 2014 recognized Bangladeshi senior journalist Sheuli Akter with an honorable mention, the board of judges announced Monday in Beijing. Sheuli Akter earned an honorable mention in the Exemplary News Professionals in Developing Countries category. All NsNewsWire journalists were elated when they received the news […]

China considers harsher law to crack down on terrorism

Chinese lawmakers are mulling revising the Criminal Law to crack down more heavily on terrorism. Several items are expected to be added to current terror-related stipulations. The draft amendment to the Criminal Law was submitted on Monday to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC) for a first reading during the legislature’s bi-monthly […]

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A year and a half ago, an eight-story building in Bangladesh, housing several garment and apparel factories, crashed down around 3,500 workers, killing about a third. While this event shined a spotlight on the horrific conditions experienced by garment industry laborers, who supply much of the Western world, action on campus to put a complete […]

Strike cripples life in Bangladesh

By Sheuli Akter DHAKA, Oct. 26 (NsNewsWire) — A one-day strike by a coalition of several Islamist parties demanding arrest of a sacked minister threw normal life out of gear across Bangladesh Sunday. Traffic on the capital Dhaka streets remained thin as most private vehicles were kept indoors. Most shops and other business establishments also […]

HK business leaders: Occupy Movement damages economy, social order

HONG KONG, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) — Several Hong Kong business leaders have criticized the month-long Occupy Central Movement, saying the illegal movement has disrupted Hong Kong’s social order and would cause long-term damage to the business environment of the Asian financial center. Cheng Kar-shun, chairman of the New World Development and a Standing Committee member […]

The Solar Energy Revolution Everyone’s Ignoring… Is In Bangladesh

We put a lot of cyber ink into the German, Australian, US, Chinese, Indian, Chilean, and Japanese solar energy revolutions. However, I think the Bangladeshi solar revolution is one we don’t write about enough. One of the biggest reasons for that is probably that it doesn’t compare to the others on a total capacity basis. […]

China’s ruling party discipline inspectors echo rule of law, support legal reform

BEIJING, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) — Discipline inspectors for China’s ruling party on Saturday threw their weight behind legal reform and promised to implement the latest plans in their fight against corruption. The fourth plenary session of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the Communist Party of China (CPC)discussed how to best put […]

Burdwan Blast Accused Members of Bangladesh Terror Group: National Investigation Agency

BURDWAN: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has said that all four persons arrested in connection with the blast in West Bengal’s Burdwan on October 2 are members of the terror group, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). The agency also said that the accused were preparing improvised explosive devices (IEDs) for transporting them to Bangladesh for possible terror […]

Bangladesh’s Islamist party leader Ghulam Azam dies‏

DHAKA, Oct. 24 (NsNewsWire) — Convicted Bangladesh Islamist party leader Ghulam Azam has died in prison, said Abdul Mazid Bhuiyan, director of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Thursday night. He told journalists that 92-year-old Azam died at around 10:10 p.m. local time Thursday. Azam, former chief of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party,was sentenced to 90 years […]