Floods likely in north, northeastern regions next week
Weather forecasters on Wednesday predicted more rains in the upstream over the next week and inside Bangladesh in the next two days.
Malaysian PM Mahathir: 'Most of the top echelons in the government are corrupt'
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (CNN)Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who staged a stunning election upset earlier this year to return to power aged 92, said he inherited a government lousy with corruption and with few trustworthy officials
Remaining members of Japan's doomsday cult executed
Tokyo (CNN)Six members of a Japanese doomsday cult held responsible for the deaths of dozens of people have been executed, according to Japan's justice minister.
New Zealand tells Australia: Stop 'copying' our flag
(CNN)New Zealand's acting Prime Minister Winston Peters has accused Australia of copying his country's flag, telling its neighbor to get its own design."We had a flag that we've had for a long time, copied by Australia," Peters told local network TVNZ on Tuesday.
Early results show Khan leads Pakistan election marred by rigging claims
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN)Early results in Pakistan's violence-marred election show former cricketer Imran Khan with a clear lead amid claims by rival parties the poll had been "blatantly" rigged.
Evidence detected of lake beneath the surface of Mars
(CNN)A lake of liquid water has been detected by radar beneath the southern polar ice cap of Mars, according to a new study by Italian researchers from the Italian Space Agency, published Wednesday in the journal Science.
Five killed in Cox’s Bazar landslide
Five people including four members of a family were killed and four others injured in separate incidents of landslide, triggered by incessant rainfall for the last couple of days in Sadar and Ramu upazilas of the district on Wednesday.
PM asks DCs to eliminate tender manipulation, extortion, drugs
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the deputy commissioners to take action against tender manipulators, extortionists, muscle flexors and dealers of drugs irrespective of their party affiliation and without any hesitation
The quota system needs to be reformed
DURING the British rule of India, a famous politician in the undivided Bengal province once said, ‘The politics of Bengal is in reality the economics of Bengal
Ease Rohingyas’ safe return
The United Nations Security Council on Monday urged Myanmar to step up efforts for Rohingya refugees to return to the country safely and voluntarily.
