Mediterranean migrant crisis: Hundreds rescued off Sicily

A total of 741 migrants travelling in six boats have been rescued off Sicily, the Italian coastguard says.
29 May 2015

Certificate forgery, 7 pry teachers sued

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed separate cases accusing seven teachers of different primary schools in Banshkhali upazila on charge of producing fake certificates to get their job.
28 May 2015

Auto-rickshaw driver found murdered

Police recovered the body of an auto-rickshaw driver from Purannagar village in Phulpur upazila of the district on Tuesday.
28 May 2015

Timeline

In 1915, the Turkish government launched a plan to expel and massacre Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire. While much of
28 May 2015

The Voice Against Genocide

Serj Tankian is best known as the frontman of alternative metal/hard rock band System of a Down with which he has been playing since
28 May 2015

The Armenian Genocide and Turkey's Denial

From 1915 to 1917, the Young Turks regime in the Ottoman Empire carried out a systematic, premeditated, centrally planned genocide against the Armenian people.
28 May 2015

UK takes hard line on EU reform

The European Union must amend its founding treaties to accommodate Britain's renegotiation drive, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond
28 May 2015

No Iran nuke deal without military site checks: France

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius yesterday said that France would oppose a nuclear deal with Iran if it did not allow inspections of military sites.
27 May 2015

Europe must do more on migrants: UN chief

Europe must do more to help migrants crossing the Mediterranean, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday ahead of a visit to Brussels, as a planned EU naval operation awaits UN Security Council approval.
26 May 2015

Illegal structures squeeze Ichhamati River in Pabna

Aggrieved locals demolished a part of the under construction structure on an illegally occupied portion of the Ichhamati River near Shitlai Ghat of Ananto area of the district town yesterday.
25 May 2015

Pope urges help for stranded migrants

Pope Francis yesterday called on the international community to help migrants crossing the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea,
24 May 2015

All is fair in love and war

French police have arrested a man who called in a false bomb alert to an airport to delay his girlfriend's flight because she was in danger
24 May 2015

Italy coast guard rescues 70 Afghan, Iraqi migrants from crowded boat

Seventy Afghan and Iraqi migrants have been rescued from a packed boat off the southeastern coast of Italy and brought to shore on Sunday
24 May 2015

Irish church needs ‘reality check’

One of Ireland's most senior Catholic clerics has called for the Church to take a "reality check" following the country's overwhelming vote in favour of same-sex marriage.
24 May 2015

German woman Annegret Raunigk, 65, has quadruplets - media

65-year-old German woman gives birth to quadruplets after undergoing an artificial insemination procedure, Germany's RTL television reports.
23 May 2015

Pickpockets force Paris Eiffel Tower staff walk-out

The Eiffel Tower in Paris has been closed to the public as staff stage a walk-out to protest against a surge in pickpocketing gangs.
22 May 2015

Govt urged to procure paddy, rice directly from farmers

Farmers of Dinajpur yesterday demanded that the government procure rice and paddy directly from farmers instead of middlemen and mill
21 May 2015

UN, US condemn Russian embassy attack in Damascus

The United Nations and the United States condemns a mortar attack on the Russian embassy in Damascus that did not, however, cause any known injuries.
20 May 2015

Italy police arrest 50 in football match-fixing probe

Police have arrested more than 50 people as part of an investigation into suspected match-fixing in Italian football.
19 May 2015

EU approves naval mission against human traffickers

EU ministers yesterday said they would approve plans for an unprecedented naval mission to stop people smugglers as Nato warned that Islamic militants might be hiding among the flood of migrants crossing the Mediterranean.
18 May 2015