Rohingyas: panacea to their plight

BANGLADESH, a poor country, with inadequate cultivable land and resources and a population of about 170 million, has extended an affable and welcome approach towards the Rohingyas of Rakhine state in Myanmar. Bangladesh earned praise for its compassionate approach to providing humanitarian assistance to over half a million displaced Rohingyas in Bangladesh

Dhaka aim to put behind doldrums

The defending champions Dhaka Dynamites will be looking to bring their Bangladesh Premier League campaign back on track when they will take on hosts Chittagong Vikings in their first match of the Chittagong phase today

Trump slams CNN International — and journalists fire back

President Trump's latest broadside against CNN is drawing ire from journalists who say he misunderstands the very purpose of news coverage. "This is another way that Trump recklessly hurts us in the world," said Baltimore Sun media critic David Zurawik on CNN's "Reliable Sources" Sunday.

Theresa May warned to change course over Brexit and Irish border

London (CNN)British Prime Minister Theresa May has been warned that Ireland will "play tough to the end" over its threat to delay Brexit talks should no solution be found to the Northern Ireland border issue

Pope Francis walks religious, diplomatic tightrope in Myanmar

(CNN)Pope Francis left Rome on Sunday night and will become the first pope to visit Myanmar when he arrives Monday.The world's most high-profile Christian is about to take center stage in a staunchly Buddhist country accused of horrifying acts of brutality against its Rohingya Muslim minority.

Indonesia volcano: Mount Agung eruption closes Bali's main airport

Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN)Volcanic eruptions from Mount Agung on the Indonesian resort island of Bali have forced the closure of the island's main airport, and the evacuation of thousands of residents living in the island's northeast

Saudi Prince: Islamic military coalition will fight terrorism until 'eradicated'

(CNN)Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said a two-year-old Islamic military coalition charged with fighting terror "will pursue terrorism until it is eradicated completely," Saudi-backed broadcaster Al-Arabiya reported Sunday

Pope can help but Rohingyas ‘have to go back’: Cardinal

The top Catholic official in Bangladesh hopes Pope Francis's visit there and to Myanmar will bolster moves to alleviate the Rohingya refugee crisis that has put the neighbouring nations in the global spotlight

Keep Razakars, killers out of power: PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called on people to keep anti-Liberation War forces, war criminals, history distorters and killers out of power for ever.

Documentation of 1971 genocide demanded

Academics and anti-war campaigners from home and abroad on Saturday underscored the need of proper documentation of genocide committed during Bangladesh’s war for independence in 1971 and demanded trial of the perpetrators in the international court of justice.