PM urges int’l community to force Myanmar to take back Rohingyas
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged the international community to come up with specific effective steps to force Myanmar to take back their over one million forcibly displaced nationals living in Bangladesh as per the agreements signed between the two countries.
Chomsky, Arundhati others reiterate demand for Shahidul Alam’s release
Five internationally celebrated intellectuals including American writer and philosopher Noam Chomsky and Indian writer Arundhati Roy once again urged the Bangladesh government to immediately release acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam and drop all the cases against him.
Ruling AL finding way to flee, says Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday called the government a coward for filing cases in advance to get BNP leaders and activists arrested across the country during the national election likely to be held in December.
India's top court decriminalizes gay sex in landmark ruling
New Delhi (CNN)India's Supreme Court has struck down a colonial-era law criminalizing consensual gay sex, overturning more than 150 years of anti-LGBT legislation.
Govt ensured voting rights of people: PM
Newly elected mayors of Rajshahi and Sylhet city corporations AHM Khairuzzman Liton and Ariful Haque Chowdhury took oath of office on Wednesday.
Trump slams damning New York Times op-ed as 'gutless'
An unnamed senior Trump administration official assailed President Donald Trump's "amorality" and reckless decision-making in a New York Times op-ed published Wednesday and said he or she is part of a "resistance" working to thwart Trump's worst impulses.
Duterte critic hides in Senate after President calls for arrest
A Philippines lawmaker is set to spend a second night holed up in the Senate Wednesday after the country's president, Rodrigo Duterte, announced he was seeking his arrest over coup attempts that happened over a decade ago.
Toyota is recalling 1 million hybrids at risk of catching fire
Toyota is recalling more than 1 million of its hybrid vehicles worldwide over a potential fire risk. The automaker said Wednesday that the safety recall covers its Prius, Prius plug-in hybrid and C-HR SUV models and is intended to repair a problem with their electrical systems, which in some cases can cause fires.
Free, fair polls not possible under present EC: Sujon
Sushasoner Jonno Nagarik secretary Badiul Alam Majumder on Wednesday said free and fair election was not possible under the present Election Commission.
ACC sues SP Mizan, wife
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed two cases against superintendent of police Mizanur Rahman and his wife Salma Akter Nipa on charge of accumulating illegal wealth.
