Children among 33 migrants dead after boat sinks off Turkish coast
Another day, another group of migrants lost in the Mediterranean Sea -- forever.
U.S. Navy sends ship near disputed island in South China Sea
The U.S. Navy sent a ship near a contested island in the South China Sea on Saturday to challenge "excessive maritime claims that restrict the rights and freedoms of the United States and others," a U.S. Defense Department spokesman told CNN.
Italian police arrest 2 fugitive Mafia bosses in underground bunker
After eluding capture for years, two Mafia bosses have been arrested in an underground bunker in southern Italy.
Large crowd rallies against Italian same-sex civil union, adoption proposal
On Saturday, it was their turn -- to speak out, en masse, against a proposal in Italy to legalize same-sex civil unions and adoptions by same-sex couples.
PM expects highest example of patriotism from Army
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said she expects the highest example of patriotism from Bangladesh Army as this organisation was born through the Liberation War. ‘I hope the Bangladesh Army will always remain ready for any sacrifice for the country and the nation,’ she said.
Country’s first Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis patient under treatment at DMCH
Abul Bajander, 25, suffering from a rare disease took admission at the Burn Unit of Dhaka Medical College Saturday.
REHMAN SOBHAN’S MEMOIR : ‘A testament of the national struggle for independence’
Speakers on Saturday termed the ‘Untranquil Recollections: the Years of Fulfillment’ a memoir by professor Rehman Sobhan, as a testament of the national struggle for independence and national identity within the historical events of Bangladesh.
All set for Ekushey Book Fair
Organisers have made all preparations for the month-long Ekushey Book Fair 2016, the biggest get-together of readers, writers and publishers, on the Bangla Academy and Suhrawardy Udyan premises.
Efforts to save Buriganga go in vain
Buriganga, once the main channel of communication between Dhaka city and the rest of the country, has virtually been reduced to a narrow channel of polluted slime with continued encroachment, flouting high court and government directives.
Children urge Australia to free them from Nauru island 'prison'
At just 10 years old, Mizba Ahmed and her family fled persecution in Myanmar.
