Shillong court sends Salah Uddin to jail
A Shillong court on Wednesday ordered Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Salah Uddin Ahmed to jail custody for 14 days after the police produced him 16 days after his reappearance in the Indian state of Meghalaya.
In show of muscle, Russia conducts military exercise in country's northwest
You flex your muscles and I'll flex mine. Or so it seems to go in international relations these days.Russia has deployed 12,000 troops along with numerous aircraft and weapons in a surprise military exercise in the country's northwest
Heat wave kills more than 1,100 in India
Stifling heat has killed more than 1,100 people in India in less than one week.The worst-hit area is the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh, where authorities say 852 people have died in the heat wave.
Chinese official: U.S. has ulterior motives over South China Sea
A week after a CNN team aboard a U.S. Navy P8-A Poseidon heard the Chinese military issue warnings eight times to a U.S. surveillance plane flying over disputed waters in the South China Sea, a senior official with the People's Liberation Army has called Chinese response "professional" and suggested Washington is playing up the issue with ulterior motives.
Forbes lists Hasina as world’s 59th powerful woman
Bangladesh prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has been ranked 59th among the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women by reputed Forbes magazine that released the list on Tuesday.In 2014, the same US based business magazine
Modi to visit Dhaka June 6-7
The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, is scheduled for June 6 to arrive in Dhaka for the first-time on a two-day state visit at the invitation of his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina.
Govt to shift Rohingya camp to Hatiya
Government moves are underway to free the resort city of Cox’s Bazaar for the tourists by shifting from there decades old two camps of the Rohingya refugees to an isolated area in offshore island of Hatiya in Noakhali,
Ex-Israeli PM Ehud Olmert sentenced for taking bribes from U.S. businessman
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been sentenced to eight months in prison for taking cash from an American businessman.He was also fined $25,700.Police said Olmert received the money from 1993 through 2006,
Inside the battle for Ramadi: Iraqi soldier recalls the battle with ISIS
Flanked by friends on a busy downtown Baghdad street, Asa'ad al-Yassiri pulls out a tattered piece of paper. It's his medical release from the Iraqi military, allowing him leave for a bullet wound to his left arm.
Sex trade goes underground in China's 'sin city'
When Han Yulai, a businessman in Dongguan, a town in southern China's manufacturing heartland, had clients in town for a factory visit or trade fairs, he would always offer them what he calls the "Dongguan standard."In the evening,
