UN urges Lanka to start probing war crimes

A United Nations expert warned yesterday that Sri Lanka must speed up its own long-stalled investigation into war crimes by troops or
23 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh gets priority among all neighbours: Sushma

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj says Bangladesh gets priority among all its neighbours as per India’s neighbourhood policy.
23 October 2017, 06:55 AM

Condition of Rohingya refugees grim: Malaysian team

Conditions at the Rohingya refugee camp at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border continue to be grim, says the Malaysian team helping out there.
23 October 2017, 05:22 AM

Rohingya crisis: EU co-hosts ‘pledging conference’ in Geneva tomorrow

The European Union will co-host a "Pledging Conference" on the Rohingya refugee crisis, with Kuwait, in Geneva.
22 October 2017, 08:45 AM

Sushma Swaraj arrives in Dhaka

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrives in Dhaka for a 24-hour visit to join the meeting of India-Bangladesh Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) and meet high government and political leaders to discuss bilateral issues.
22 October 2017, 08:03 AM

Aung San Suu Kyi should resign: Muhammad Yunus

If the Myanmar military is rendering the country’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi powerless, then she should step down, Nobel Peace laureate and economist Muhammad Yunus says in an interview with Aljazeera.
22 October 2017, 07:27 AM

Rohingya crisis: ‘Foreign interference doesn’t work’

Experience shows that foreign interference in crises does not work and China supports the Myanmar government's efforts to protect stability, a senior Chinese official says, amid ongoing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
21 October 2017, 06:45 AM

Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh in dire state: Unicef

Nearly 340,000 Rohingya children are living in squalid conditions in Bangladesh camps where they lack enough food, clean water and health care, the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) says.
20 October 2017, 04:28 AM

Pak court indicts ex-PM, daughter in graft case

A Pakistani anti-corruption court yesterday indicted ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter over allegations linked to
19 October 2017, 18:28 PM

Pakistani anti-corruption court indicts ousted PM Sharif and daughter

A Pakistani anti-corruption court indicts ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter over allegations linked to ownership of London properties, opening a trial that could see the former leader jailed.
19 October 2017, 09:55 AM

India can help US to keep an eye on Pakistan: Nikki Haley

India can help the US keep an eye on Pakistan as President Donald Trump has "taken tougher approach to Islamabad harbouring
18 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Pakistan Taliban suicide bomber rams police truck

A Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber rammed a car into a police truck in the southwestern city of Quetta yesterday, killing at least seven
18 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Italy has highest number of Unesco heritage sites

Italy has the highest number of Unesco heritage sites in the world. In Asia, China and India house the most heritage sites.
18 October 2017, 07:40 AM

Myanmar army killed hundreds of Rohingyas: Amnesty

Myanmar security forces killed hundreds of men, women and children during a systematic campaign to expel Rohingya Muslims, Amnesty International says in a new report that calls for an arms embargo on the country and criminal prosecution of the perpetrators.
18 October 2017, 04:24 AM

Pakistan EC suspends 261 lawmakers for non-disclosure of financial statements

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) suspends the membership of 261 lawmakers for failure to submit details of their finances under sub-section 42A of the Representation of People Act (RoPA) by September 30.
17 October 2017, 11:27 AM

Speaker for playing effective role in solving Rohingya crisis

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury urges the international community to play an effective and sustainable role in resolving the Rohingya crisis which created a humanitarian crisis in Bangladesh.
17 October 2017, 09:24 AM

Cairo tops worst chart, London the best megacity

Dhaka has been rated as the seventh worst megacity for women and Cairo positioned the last in the list, followed by Karachi, Kinshasa and New Delhi, according to an international poll with women's rights experts.
17 October 2017, 07:05 AM

Rohingya crisis: UN calls for global solidarity ahead of pledging conference

Senior United Nations officials are urging the international community to come together in support of a 23 October pledging conference to “send a strong message to Rohingya refugees and their generous hosts in Bangladesh that the world is there for them in their greatest time of need.”
17 October 2017, 06:16 AM

UN report on Rohingya hunger withdrawn over Myanmar govt request, The Guardian says

World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations has withdrawn its critical report revealing recently desperate hunger among the persecuted Rohingya people after the Myanmar government demanded it be taken down, reports The Guardian.
17 October 2017, 06:07 AM

3 more Rohingya bodies recovered from the Bay

The death toll from the October 8 Rohingya boat capsize reaches 37 as three more bodies of Rohingya women were recovered from the Bay of Bengal in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
15 October 2017, 06:45 AM