India imposes Kashmir clampdown to head off Eid protests
Indian troops clamped tight restrictions on mosques across Kashmir for Monday's Eid-ul-Azha festival, fearing anti-government protests over the stripping of the Muslim-majority region's autonomy, according to residents.
PM vows to uphold dignity of people’s trust
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday vowed to uphold the trust and confidence of the country’s people for ‘giving her party the opportunity to form the government for the third consecutive time’.
Mizanur Rahman Shelley passes away
Political analyst, academician and writer Mizanur Rahman Shelley died of brain haemorrhage at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Monday. He was 76.
40 die of dengue in Bangladesh, says govt
The government on Sunday raised the dengue death toll to 40.
Magician Liton burnt dies at DMCH burn unit
Magician Moniruzzaman Liton who sustained burn injuries, along with his wife and two children, in a fire incident at his apartment died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Monday.
Long after Hiroshima, Nagasaki
HOW do we honour victims? We can remember them and appreciate who they were. But there were too many of them, and too many unknown to us. So, we can remember a sample of them,
Kashmiris in lockdown city queue for two-minute phone access
Outside a guarded government office in Indian Kashmir's main city, an interminable queue forms every day for a near-priceless opportunity: a two-minute phone call to the outside world.
Kashmiris in lockdown city queue for two-minute phone access
Outside a guarded government office in Indian Kashmir's main city, an interminable queue forms every day for a near-priceless opportunity: a two-minute phone call to the outside world.
48 killed in Myanmar landslide
Myanmar troops deployed to flood-hit parts of the country on Sunday to help with relief efforts after the death toll from a deadly landslide jumped to 48.
Sonia Gandhi returns to lead India's beleaguered Congress
India's opposition Congress party selected past president Sonia Gandhi as its interim leader on Saturday, while it searches for a successor to her son Rahul Gandhi, who quit following a crushing election defeat by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
