South China Morning Post, , April 17, 2017 at 9:41pm A Tibetan Buddhist monk set himself on fire in western China in an apparent protest against Beijing’s rule, a monitoring group and a US government-backed radio station said. The monk set himself ablaze in a public square on Saturday morning in Kardze, also known as Ganzi, in western Sichuan province, according to Radio Free Asia and Free Tibet, an advocacy group based in Britain. The…
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by Nectar Gan in South China Morning Post, April 17, 2017 at 10:17pm Chinese state media have released rare details about the arrest in an armed raid of a suspected terrorist accused by the authorities of organising terrorism operations overseas. The suspect was said to have led over a hundred followers in Turkey, according to Chinese state television. The man was arrested as part of a special forces operation in Hainan province after a number…
By Eva Li in South China Morning Post, , April 17, 2017 at 8:19pm A former anti-graft Chinese official of vice-ministerial rank has himself been placed under disciplinary investigation, the Communist Party’s corruption watchdog announced on Monday. Zhang Huawei, former inspector and head of the No.11 central inspection group that audited top state-owned electricity firms, is the most senior anti-graft official probed this year. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a brief note…
www.bdnews24.com, April 17, 2017 at 19:10:21.0 BdST The foreign minister has said Bangladesh will sign six agreements and memoranda of understanding with Bhutan during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit beginning on Tuesday. AH Mahmood Ali was briefing reporters on Monday on the three-day visit at the invitation of her Bhutanese counterpart. Both sides will sign deals on removal of double taxation, agriculture, cultural affairs, use of Bangladesh’s inland water by Bhutan, standards of products and…
Prothom Alo, Apr 17, 2017 at 21:44 Dhaka 😐 BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday promised to unearth the mystery behind the enforced disappearances, and ensure punishment to those involved in the incidents. “We pledge to uncover the mystery behind the enforced disappearances and ensure punishment to those who responsible by putting them on trial,” she tweeted. The BNP chief twitted it along with a photograph of the wife and daughter of her party’s missing…
Prothom Alo, Apr 18, 2017 Meherpur : Ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said BNP is trying to capitalise on anti-India issue. “BNP is an issue-based party…now they are capitalising on anti-Indian issue. Earlier they had created a lot of issues, but people did not pay heed to those issues,” he said. He added that BNP is now hatching conspiracies for creating new issues but it would again fail in its attempt…
By Leng Shumei in Global Times, Apr 17, 2017 at 23:03hrs A top education official from Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has warned teachers to abide by political rules, after catching Uyghur teachers spreading religious extremism. The three forces of terrorism, separatism and extremism have been spreading extreme thoughts in the region, targeting Uyghur teachers and students and aiming to infiltrate the education system, Perhat Azim, head of Xinjiang’s Education Department, said in an…