Farmers protest at low rice price
Low price of rice has left farmers in the country frustrated and with no immediate solution in sight a farmer in Tangail on Sunday set fire to his Boro paddy field.
For many young South Koreans, dating is too expensive, or too dangerous
Kim Joon-hyup recently went on his first date in three years. But the 24-year-old student wasn't looking for a girlfriend, he was completing a college assignment.
New Delhi goes to the polls in India's election: live updates
Fruit seller Ashok Kumar says education is the most important issue.
6th phase of Indian nat’l polls today
The fate of 164 candidates in polls of seven Lok Sabha constituencies of Delhi would be determined on Sunday as more than 1.4 crore voters are registered to exercise their franchise
Capital gets no respite from water crisis
Domestic water crisis became more acute at different parts of the capital amidst the heat wave continuing causing untold public sufferings in Ramadan.
Illegal structures, poor pedestrian facilities blamed
Illegal structures and parking as well as poor pedestrian facilities at highway crossings were causing accidents, officials and experts said on Saturday.
Bangladeshi farmer among migrants saved by Tunisian fishermen
A farmer from Bangladesh watched dozens drown beside him in the Mediterranean before ‘God sent us the fishermen’, who saved him from the cold waters and took him to Tunisia.
SOCIAL SAFETY IN COMING BUDGET FF allowances to go up
The government is likely to increase the allowances for freedom fighters but keep the rates of other grants under the social safety programmes unchanged in the new fiscal year beginning July 1.
BSF kills Bangladeshi pouring kerosene into mouth
A 32-year-old Bangladesh national died in Satkhira border early Saturday after Indian Border Security Force had reportedly tortured him and poured kerosene into his mouth.
The US-China trade war is escalating. The coming days are crucial
Just days after they appeared to be on the verge of brokering a deal, the United States and China are fighting a trade war again.
