Unemployment: Dhaka 6th in Asia; highest rate in Kathmandu, lowest in Phnom Penh

Dhaka ranked sixth among 25 Asian capital cities in official unemployment ratings, whereas Nepal’s capital Kathmandu has the highest rate and Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, recorded as the lowest in this regard, a study reveals recently.
15 October 2017, 04:47 AM

Dhaka among least safe, Tokyo safest cities in the world, says The Economist's Safe Cities Index 2017

Dhaka, the capital and megacity of Bangladesh, has been ranked one of the least safe cities in the world, whereas, Tokyo once again tops the list of The Economist's Safe Cities Index 2017.
14 October 2017, 08:26 AM

India announces fellowships for South Asian scientists

In a fresh outreach to its immediate neighbours, India announces fully-sponsored academic fellowships to scientists and researchers of South Asian countries including Bangladesh.
14 October 2017, 06:01 AM

Suu Kyi sets out aid plan to end Rohingya crisis

Aung San Suu Kyi has set out plans for a new humanitarian project to enable Myanmar's Rakhine State to emerge as a peaceful and developed region, which a close adviser says showed her determination to fix the country's refugee crisis.
14 October 2017, 05:52 AM

IOM DG due Sunday; he'll visit Rohingya camps

International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General William Lacy Swing arrives in Dhaka on Sunday on a four-day visit to see current Rohingya situation on the ground.
14 October 2017, 05:50 AM

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi sets out aid plan to end Rohingya crisis

Aung San Suu Kyi has set out plans for a new humanitarian project to enable Myanmar's Rakhine State to emerge as a peaceful and developed region, which a close adviser said showed her determination to fix the country's refugee crisis.
13 October 2017, 15:10 PM

Lanka recovers cash stolen from Taiwan bank

Sri Lankan authorities have recovered more than $1.3 million stolen from a Taiwanese bank after two men were arrested in connection
12 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Taliban hostage family freed by Pak troops

A North American family that had been held hostage by the Afghan Taliban has been freed following an operation in Pakistan, the
12 October 2017, 18:00 PM

'It takes two to tango'

Pakistan has shown "genuine desire" to have peaceful relations with its "belligerent" neighbour India but it takes "two to tango",
12 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Rajapakse son arrested over anti-India protest

Sri Lankan police Tuesday arrested the legislator son of former president Mahinda Rajapakse for leading violent anti-India
11 October 2017, 18:25 PM

India's top court says sex with child bride is always rape

Sex with a minor amounts to rape even if the couple are married, India's top court rules, closing a legal loophole that allows some perpetrators to escape punishment.
11 October 2017, 11:34 AM

Myanmar takes first step to ease Buddhist-Muslim tension

Myanmar launches its first bid to improve relations between Buddhists and Muslims since an eruption of deadly violence in August inflamed communal tension and triggered an exodus of some 520,000 Muslims to Bangladesh.
11 October 2017, 04:46 AM

Mass cholera vaccinations begin in Rohingya camps

The United Nations launches one of its biggest ever cholera vaccination drives in the vast refugee camps of southeast Bangladesh amid fears of an outbreak among nearly a million Rohingya now living there.
10 October 2017, 08:13 AM

Ousted Pakistan PM's son-in-law arrested

The son-in-law of ousted Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif was arrested at Islamabad airport yesterday by anti-corruption body on his
9 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Rohingya boat capsize death toll rises to 14

At least 14 Rohingya people, including 11 children, die after a boat carrying them capsized in the Naf River in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar.
9 October 2017, 03:44 AM

18,523 pregnant Rohingyas, 42,541 children in health risks

Around 18,523 pregnant Rohingya women, who have entered Bangladesh during the massive exodus of Muslim community of the Rakhine state in Myanmar following persecution there carried out by its military forces, have been suffering from many health-related problems.
8 October 2017, 07:32 AM

11 women stabbed in Karachi

Pakistan police announced a reward of nearly $5,000 yesterday for information that could help them nab a serial attacker who has
5 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Rift grows over elite paramilitary unit

An unexplained dispute between Pakistan's interior minister and an elite paramilitary unit under his command is adding to political
5 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Rohingyas fleeing Myanmar say army redoubling push to clear villages

Rohingya refugees arriving in Bangladesh amid a fresh exodus from strife-torn Myanmar have described whole villages being emptied and thousands marching to the border as security forces redouble efforts to drive remaining Muslims from their homes.
4 October 2017, 11:25 AM

$4.5b credit deal signed with India

Bangladesh signs a massive credit line agreement of USD 4.5 billion with India. Primarily, 17 development projects have been identified for implementation under the credit line, says a press release of finance ministry.
4 October 2017, 06:05 AM