A glimmer of progress in Baltimore's crisis.
When riots broke out in Baltimore last week following the funeral ceremony for Freddie Gray, most Americans were dismayed as they watched the images broadcast on their television screens and through the Internet.
Cancer hotels home to China's healthcare misery.
The sick sell their homes to come here.A shabby row of two-story buildings in west Beijing, a few hundred meters from one of China's top cancer treatment and research hospitals, they house untold misery.
Khaleda blames Hasina for ‘killing’ Pintu.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday alleged that Nasiruddin Puntu was ‘killed’ under the direction of the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina. At a reception ceremony at her Gulshan office in the evening,
84 lower court judges deputed outside as cases pile up.
Over 84 judges of subordinate courts are serving government departments, various commissions and other institutions on deputation as the trial courts face the growing pressure of urgently disposing of 30 lakh pending cases.
MASS GRAVES IN THAI JUNGLE Lone survivor says kept captive for nine months.
The lone survivor of a death camp for sea migrants, discovered in a jungle in southern Thailand, had reportedly been kidnapped from Bangladesh’s coastal district of Cox’s Bazar and held captive for nine months.
Bangladesh struggles between seculars and radical Islamists, Salmon tells US congressional hearing
Congressman Matt Salmon, the chairman of the sub-committee on Asia and the Pacific of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs, has said ‘what really is at stake in Bangladesh is a struggle for ideological foundation of the nation between those that would emphasise secular ideas and Bengali ethnic identity, and those that seek a firm Islamist ideology.’
Islamic State: Militants 'kill 300 Yazidi captives'
Several hundred Yazidi captives have been killed in Iraq by Islamic State (IS) militants west of Mosul, Yazidi and Iraqi officials say.
Nepal quake: Airport customs holding up aid relief - UN
The United Nations has urged Nepal to relax customs controls which it says are holding up deliveries of aid to survivors of last week's earthquake.
Tamim smashes record to secure draw
Tamim Iqbal smashed Bangladesh’s highest Test score of 206 as the first Test against Pakistan petered out into a draw after another run feast in Khulna on Saturday.
Harassment of journalists doubles in 2014: Report
Harassment of journalists has doubled in 2014 in comparison with 2013, Article 19 in its report published on Sunday
