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Dying woman molested on bridge by bystander

04:18 AM, 02 Oct 2017 Monday

A woman victim of the stampede, seconds from breathing her last, was molested by a bystander as she lay atop a pile of victims on the foot overbridge (FOB) on Friday, a video clip...

Who are the Catalans?

03:50 AM, 02 Oct 2017 Monday

The Catalans are the people who live in the "Paisos Catalans", or Catalan Countries, which include Valencia, the Balearic Islands, parts of the Spanish region of Aragon, Roussillon...

Schools reopen in Rakhine, but Rohingya still flee

02:49 AM, 02 Oct 2017 Monday

Myanmar has reopened schools for ethnic Rakhine children in townships hit hard by recent communal violence declaring “stability” has returned, state-backed media said today...

Rohingya crisis: Myanmar minister arrives in Dhaka

02:29 AM, 02 Oct 2017 Monday

Minister of the Office of State Counselor of Myanmar Kyaw Tint Swe arrived in the capital on Sunday night to discuss the Rohingya issue with Bangladesh authorities. State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has sent the minister as her representative to Dhaka...

Two dead in knife attack in France’s Marseille

03:03 PM, 01 Oct 2017 Sunday

Two people, including one woman, are dead following a knife attack at the main train station in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille, according to the French interior ministry.

208 RMG factories to be turned into world standard green ones: Tofail

02:43 PM, 01 Oct 2017 Sunday

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has said the government is working to modernize country’s 208 readymade garment (RMG) factories into world standard green ones with safe working conditions,

Govt to provide solar power to Rohingya camps: Quader

02:32 PM, 01 Oct 2017 Sunday

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the government will provide solar power to Rohingya camps in the district.

Bangladesh lose three in chase of 424

01:44 PM, 01 Oct 2017 Sunday

Bangladesh lost two wickets without a run in the very first over of their second innings as they chase 424 against South Africa on the fourth day of the opening Test at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom on Sunday.

Du Plessis, Bavuma help SA lead grow quickly

11:09 AM, 01 Oct 2017 Sunday

Faf du Plessis led South Africa’s push for quick runs against Bangladesh on the fourth morning in Senwes Park, with a brisk, unbeaten 77, as the home side added 149 runs in 29.1 overs in the session to swell their lead to 379 runs.

Sri Lanka arrests 6 in hunt for monks who attacked refugees

10:51 AM, 01 Oct 2017 Sunday

Sri Lankan police said Sunday (Oct 1) they have arrested six people in their hunt for a mob led by Buddhist monks who attacked Rohingya refugees last week.

Spanish police clash with angry Catalans

10:03 AM, 01 Oct 2017 Sunday

Spanish riot police clashed with Catalan voters in Barcelona on Sunday as the controversial referendum on breaking away from Spain began.

India opens 2 border crossing points with Bangladesh, Myanmar

08:33 AM, 01 Oct 2017 Sunday

India has opened two immigration check posts along the borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh, a reflection of its growing closeness with the two eastern neighbours...

Rohingya crisis: Myanmar minister to arrive Dhaka tonight

08:12 AM, 01 Oct 2017 Sunday

Myanmar’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi is sending Minister of the Office of Myanmar’s State Counsellor Kyaw Tint Swe to Bangladesh amid international pressure over the Rakhine State crisis in which her government stands accused of ‘ethnic cleansing’...

7 killed as bus plunges into ditch in Comilla

06:49 AM, 01 Oct 2017 Sunday

At least seven people were killed and twenty others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Chandina upazila in Comilla at 11.45am on Sunday. Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately...

Closely watching Myanmar crisis, ready to provide aid: Thailand

06:02 AM, 01 Oct 2017 Sunday

Thailand’s foreign ministry, in a rare statement on an ongoing crisis in neighboring Myanmar’s Rakhine state, said late on Saturday that it was “closely following the situation” and would...

Germany celebrates first gay marriages

05:38 AM, 01 Oct 2017 Sunday

Germany celebrates its first gay marriages on Sunday as same-sex unions become legal after decades of struggle, but campaigners say the battle for equal rights isn't over yet...

Bangladesh to get first LNG cargo from Qatar in 2018

05:14 AM, 01 Oct 2017 Sunday

Bangladesh is expected to receive the first cargo shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar in the second quarter of 2018, Ambassador of Bangladesh to Qatar HE Ashud Ahmed has said...

Sheikh Hasina new star of East: Khaleej Times

03:58 AM, 01 Oct 2017 Sunday

A leading daily newspaper of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday highly appreciated Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her humane approach in the Rohingya issue...

India has no plans to mediate between Myanmar-Bangladesh

03:00 AM, 01 Oct 2017 Sunday

India has said that it has no plans to mediate between Myanmar and Bangladesh to solve the Rohingya refugee crisis. "India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said that the government has no plans to act...

Bank official tortures wife over dowry in Laxmipur

03:45 PM, 30 Sep 2017 Saturday

A bank official allegedly tortured and injured his wife over dowry in Ramganj upazila of...