Ireland's yes voters celebrate a 'leap forward' in landmark vote on abortion
As she held her 18-month old daughter closely to her chest, Amanda Mellet summed up in words what many in Ireland were feeling Saturday after the nation's referendum on abortion passed by a landslide.
US lost track of 1,500 immigrant children, but says it's not 'legally responsible'
The federal government has placed thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children in the homes of sponsors, but last year it couldn't account for nearly 1,500 of them.
PM visits Netaji Museum in Kolkata
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday visited Netaji Shubhas Chandra Bose Museum at Netaji Bhaban, the ancestral home of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, a great patriot of the freedom movement in India.
Bangladesh being built with Nazrul’s non-communal spirit: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said Bangladesh is being built imbued with the non-communal spirit of poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.
3,403 workers from Bangladesh detained in Malaysia since Jan 1
At least 3,403 Bangladeshi workers who became undocumented were detained by the Malaysian immigration police since January 1.
PM urged to focus on own people, not only Rohingyas
Families of the victims of enforced disappearance on Saturday urged prime minister Sheikh Hasina to focus not only the plights of Rohingyas fleeing violence in Myanmar but also the rights of the people in her own country Bangladesh.
Ward councillor Ekramul killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
Teknaf ward councillor Ekramul Haque, also a Awami Juba League leader, was killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion during the ongoing anti-drug drive at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar early Sunday.
North Korea says it's still willing to meet Trump after US President cancels summit
North Korea says Kim Jong Un is still willing to meet Donald Trump "at any time and in any way," after the US President abruptly canceled what would have been a historic summit between the two leaders scheduled for June.
North Korea blows up tunnels at Punggye-ri nuclear test site
North Korea appeared to destroy at least three nuclear tunnels, observation buildings, a metal foundry and living quarters at its Punggye-ri nuclear test site on Thursday, in a process observed by invited international journalists.
Delhi keeps Dhaka waiting
Lack of interest of successive Indian governments has held back Bangladesh from taking up major water sector development plans with support from other international quarters.
