30 missing as boat carrying Rohingyas sinks in Naf
About 30 went missing and were feared drowned as a boat packed with Rohingyas fleeing crack down on religious minority Muslims by Myanmar military capsized in the bordering river Naf early Monday, witnesses said.
Technical glitch in PM’s flight: MPs blast Menon
Lawmakers on Monday said that civil aviation and tourism minister Rashed Khan Menon should take responsibility of the technical glitch in the Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight that was carrying the prime minister and if needed a parliamentary probe committee should be formed to unearth the truth.
Italy's PM Matteo Renzi to resign after constitutional referendum defeat
Italian center-left Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said he will resign on Monday, after conceding an "extraordinary clear" defeat in an Italian constitutional referendum.
'Ten years at the top is a long time': New Zealand PM John Key resigns
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has resigned, in a move that shocked many observers.
Fidel Castro laid to rest in private funeral
Fidel Castro's ashes were placed in a granite mausoleum Sunday morning during a private ceremony attended by Castro's little-seen family and a handful of Latin American and African leaders, Cuban state media reported.
Syrian war: CNN goes inside Aleppo under airstrikes
Syrian regime forces have shelled rebel-held Aleppo for the past 24 hours straight, gaining more ground in a bloody bid to seize control of the whole city.
Finland shooting: 2 journalists, councilwoman killed
The leader of a town council and two journalists have been shot dead in an attack outside a restaurant in southeastern Finland, police said.
Rohingya crises resolution: Involve China, India, UN: Experts
A political solution, involving India, China, Thailand, Malaysia and the United Nations, to protracted Rohingya crises in Myanmar is essential for long-term regional stability, experts said. Talking to New Age, they said that the government should formally raise voice among international communities,
Traffickers make money out of Rohingyas’ woes
Humna traffickers are making fortune as Rohingyas fleeing ethnic cleansing in Myanmar continue to enter Bangladesh paying the traffickers Tk 1,000-7,000 for each.
Be careful in using aircraft, radars
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked air force personnel to be more careful while using and maintaining aircraft, radars and war equipment as those have been procured with people’s hard-earned money.
