Patients leave city hospital as doctors, staff start strike
Patients are leaving Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital as officers, nurses, staff and a section of physicians began an indefinite strike on Monday demanding full implementation of the eighth national pay scale.
ISIS claims responsibility for Palm Sunday church bombings in Egypt
ISIS claimed responsibility for deadly bombings at two Coptic churches in Egypt on Palm Sunday. The attacks targeted a vulnerable religious minority on one of the most important days on the Christian calendar.
US aircraft carrier-led strike group headed toward Korean Peninsula
A US aircraft carrier-led strike group is headed toward the Western Pacific Ocean near the Korean Peninsula, a US defense official confirmed to CNN.
US envoy Nikki Haley says Syria regime change is inevitable
The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has told CNN that removing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power is a priority, cementing an extraordinary U-turn in the Trump administration's stance on the embattled leader.
Indian anchor learns husband died in story she's reporting
Supreet Kaur was anchoring IBC24 news broadcast in India Saturday morning when word broke of a deadly accident.
Stockholm attack: Suspect has ISIS sympathies
A man arrested over a truck attack in Stockholm that killed four people had shown sympathies to extremist groups, including ISIS, Swedish police said Sunday.
Teesta, Ganges Barrage deals put on back burner
The issues of sharing of Teesta River water and Indian consent to the proposed joint construction of the Padma-Ganges Barrage in Bangladesh were kept on the back burner during prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s ongoing visit to New Delhi.
Dhaka should seek info on Teesta flow
Experts and green activists in Dhaka said on Sunday that the government should immediately seek information to know why there was no flow in the Teesta River as West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee claimed.
PM calls on Pranab Mukherjee
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina paid a courtesy call on Indian president Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhaban in India’s capital New Delhi Sunday evening.
Sonia assures PM of their common stand on Bangladesh
Indian National Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday assured prime minister Sheikh Hasina of taking a common stand of all political parties of India regarding next-door neighbour Bangladesh.
