EXPERTS, POLITICIANS ON ROHINGYA REPATRIATION AGREEMENT Deal creates uncertainty
The hurried signing of a Rohingya repatriation deal with Myanmar without timeframe and leaving Nay Pyi Daw to decide who could return might make the process uncertain, experts and politicians said on Sunday
BDR MEN’S DEATH REFERENCE HC begins delivering verdict
A three-judge special bench of the High Court Division on Sunday began giving verdict about the convictions handed by a trial court to 568 persons, mostly Bangladesh Rifles soldiers for slaying 57 commanders and 17 others during a mutiny that rocked BDR’s Peelkhana headquarters in the capital in February 2009.
Rohingyas: panacea to their plight
BANGLADESH, a poor country, with inadequate cultivable land and resources and a population of about 170 million, has extended an affable and welcome approach towards the Rohingyas of Rakhine state in Myanmar. Bangladesh earned praise for its compassionate approach to providing humanitarian assistance to over half a million displaced Rohingyas in Bangladesh
Dhaka aim to put behind doldrums
The defending champions Dhaka Dynamites will be looking to bring their Bangladesh Premier League campaign back on track when they will take on hosts Chittagong Vikings in their first match of the Chittagong phase today
Trump slams CNN International — and journalists fire back
President Trump's latest broadside against CNN is drawing ire from journalists who say he misunderstands the very purpose of news coverage. "This is another way that Trump recklessly hurts us in the world," said Baltimore Sun media critic David Zurawik on CNN's "Reliable Sources" Sunday.
Theresa May warned to change course over Brexit and Irish border
London (CNN)British Prime Minister Theresa May has been warned that Ireland will "play tough to the end" over its threat to delay Brexit talks should no solution be found to the Northern Ireland border issue
Pope Francis walks religious, diplomatic tightrope in Myanmar
(CNN)Pope Francis left Rome on Sunday night and will become the first pope to visit Myanmar when he arrives Monday.The world's most high-profile Christian is about to take center stage in a staunchly Buddhist country accused of horrifying acts of brutality against its Rohingya Muslim minority.
Indonesia volcano: Mount Agung eruption closes Bali's main airport
Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN)Volcanic eruptions from Mount Agung on the Indonesian resort island of Bali have forced the closure of the island's main airport, and the evacuation of thousands of residents living in the island's northeast
Saudi Prince: Islamic military coalition will fight terrorism until 'eradicated'
(CNN)Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said a two-year-old Islamic military coalition charged with fighting terror "will pursue terrorism until it is eradicated completely," Saudi-backed broadcaster Al-Arabiya reported Sunday
Pope can help but Rohingyas ‘have to go back’: Cardinal
The top Catholic official in Bangladesh hopes Pope Francis's visit there and to Myanmar will bolster moves to alleviate the Rohingya refugee crisis that has put the neighbouring nations in the global spotlight
