Millions potentially excluded from Indian citizenship in controversial registry
New Delhi (CNN)Indian authorities have left the names of almost 4 million people off a controversial registry list in the northeast border state of Assam, effectively casting a shadow over their citizenship.
Students block city roads, bus drivers held
Rapid Action Battalion on Monday arrested two bus drivers and their assistants as students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College and other institutions took to the streets protesting at the death of two college students in a road accident at Kurmitola on Sunday.
Bulbul begins sit in at a Rajshahi centre
Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s mayoral candidate for Rajshahi city corporation Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul began sit in at Islamia College polling centre at Binodpur in Rajshahi protesting at irregularities in election.
BNP candidate quits polls in Barisal
Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s mayoral candidate for Barisal City Corporation, Mojibar Rahman Sarwar has boycotted the elections protesting at widespread stuffing and manipulation.
Voting in Rajshahi, Barisal, Sylhet on
Voting in the elections to Rajshahi, Barisal and Sylhet city corporations began on Monday morning amid allegations of intimidation of opposition polling agents and electorates and fear ballot stuffing.
Angry students block Airport Road
Traffic on Airport road came to a halt on Monday morning as students of different schools and colleges blocked the road protesting the death of two students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin School and College in a road accident on Sunday.
Shajahan makes light of deaths of students in road accident
People responsible for road accidents would get punished as per gravity of the crime, said shipping minister Shajahan Khan on Sunday, breaking almost into a giggle as he faced questions from journalists at Bangladesh Secretariat in the capital.
PM for eliminating extremism, terrorism through scouting
Emphasising the importance of nursing and flourishing scouting and girl-guide activities, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday hoped that extremism, terrorism, drug abuse and other anti-social menaces will be rooted out from the country with this.
Trump rails against Mueller in Sunday tweetstorm
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump fired off a series of tweets on Sunday lashing out at the special counsel investigation led by former FBI Director Robert Mueller.
Police fire tear gas at protesters during state funeral for Ethiopia's Grand Dam engineer
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (CNN)Police fired tear gas Sunday at demonstrators in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, where tens of thousands had gathered to mourn a national hero.