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UN urges Myanmar to end Rohingya violence
02:26 AM, 14 Sep 2017 ThursdayUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council called on Myanmar's government to end its military campaign against the Rohingya Muslims...
Diplomats visit Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar
03:43 PM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayForeign diplomats stationed in Dhaka today visited different Rohingya refugee camps in Ukhia and Teknaf in the district to know for themselves about the condition of the ill-fated Rohingya...
2,36,500 people to get job in ICT sector, PM tells JS
03:40 PM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government has undertaken initiatives to set up Hi-Tech Park, Software Technology Park and IT Village in the country aimed at creating...
Gunmen forcibly enter UN human rights office in Burundi
03:26 PM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdaySeveral gunmen forcibly entered the Burundi office of the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, officials said Wednesday. The break-in occurred a week after a new U.N...
Saudi Arabia ‘detains’ over 20 preachers
03:15 PM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdaySaudi Arabia has detained more preachers and scholars, activists said, two days after the reported arrest of more than 20 individuals, including prominent Saudi intellectuals...
Myanmar says 176 Rohingya villages now empty
02:43 PM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayMyanmar’s presidential spokesman says 176 ethnic Rohingya villages are now empty after all of their residents fled during recent violence in Rakhine state. Zaw Htay said there had been a total of 471 Rohingya villages in three townships...
12 Nobel laureates urges UNSC to end Rohingya crisis
12:55 PM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayTwelve Nobel laureates including Muhammad Yunus and fifteen eminent global citizens on Wednesday wrote an open letter to United Nations Security Council (UNSC) urging it to...
Rohingya crisis: Suu Kyi to address nation on Sept 19
12:26 PM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayMyanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi will address the crisis engulfing Rakhine state next week, in her first speech since scores were killed in violence that has sent nearly 380,000 Rohingya...
Shane Warne turns 48
11:38 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayA short walk, a leap and you see the ball whizz out of the hand, turning, bouncing and mesmerising batsmen. For 15 years, Shane Warne made international cricket's greatest...
DU admission tests begin Friday with ‘Ga’ unit exams
11:27 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayThe first-year honors admission tests of Dhaka University (DU) under academic session 2016-2017 will begin on Friday with entry test of Business Studies faculty under "Ga-Unit"...
Salman Khan’s injured photos go viral on social media
10:37 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdaySalman Khan is gearing up for the release of the kick-ass action film ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ which is just few months away. He’ll be seen along with ex-girlfriend Katrina Kaif in the movie directed...
Al Qaeda warns Myanmar of ‘punishment’ over Rohingya
09:55 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayAl Qaeda militants have called for support for Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, who are facing a security crackdown that has sent about 400,000 of them fleeing to Bangladesh, warning that Myanmar would face...
Who are the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army?
09:31 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayMore than 300,000 Rohingya have been forced to flee their ancestral homeland in Myanmar's western region of Rakhine amid a campaign of murder, torture, arson and mass rape by...
Khadem, another slaughtered at Munshiganj shrine
08:45 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayTwo women, including a khadem (caretaker) of a mazar (shrine), were found dead at a...
Message to the world from Begum, a Rohingya
08:00 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayMy life has been one long struggle. My husband died 25 years ago, and since then I have been...
Bodies of 6 Rohingyas recovered after boat sinks in Naf River
07:19 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayBodies of six Rohingyas, including four children, who tried to enter Bangladesh amid fresh...
Suu Kyi to skip UN General Assembly amid Rohingya crisis
05:34 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayMyanmar’s national leader Aung San Suu Kyi, facing outrage over ethnic violence that has forced about 370,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh, will not attend the upcoming U.N. General Assembly session in New York, a party spokesman said on Wednesday.
Champions League: Barcelona beat Juventus 3-0
04:31 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayWhen Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta was serenaded off the pitch on Tuesday following a vintage...
N Korea threatens US with ‘greatest pain’ after UN sanctions
03:15 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayNorth Korea has said the United States will "suffer the greatest pain" over its role in bringing forth the latest sanctions on Pyongyang. "The forthcoming measures ... will make the US suffer the greatest pain it ever experienced in its history," North Korea's Ambassador to the UN Han Tae Song...
Apple launches three new iPhones
02:49 AM, 13 Sep 2017 WednesdayApple launched three new iPhones on Tuesday at its event in Cupertino: iPhone 8, iPhone 8...