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We are refugees and not illegal immigrants, Rohingyas tells SC
02:57 AM, 23 Sep 2017 SaturdayA Rohingya petitioner on Friday told the Indian Supreme Court that they were not illegal immigrants but refugees who fled Myanmar and came to India for shelter in wake of their...
Trump, Kim are like ‘children in a kindergarten’: Russia
02:28 AM, 23 Sep 2017 SaturdayRussia's foreign minister has likened the war of words between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un to a kindergarten fight between children...
Pyongyang threatens H-bomb test over Pacific Ocean
03:51 PM, 22 Sep 2017 FridayNorth Korea says it may test a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean after US President Donald Trump threatened to destroy the country, whose leader responded by promising to make a “mentally deranged” Trump pay dearly for his threats.
93.81 metric tons Saudi reliefs for Rohingyas reach in Ctg
02:35 PM, 22 Sep 2017 FridayThe first consignment of Saudi assistance weighing 93.81 metric tons of relief materials for the Rohingya refuges
South Africa announce Test squad against Bangladesh
01:02 PM, 22 Sep 2017 FridayOpening batsman Aiden Markram is set to make his international debut in the first Test against Bangladesh, which starts from September 28 in Potchefstroom. South Africa have also recalled seam-bowling
India using chilli sprays, stun grenades to dissuade Rohingya influx
12:36 PM, 22 Sep 2017 FridayIndia has stepped up security along its largely porous eastern border with Bangladesh and is using “chilli and stun grenades
Du Kha-unit admission test held
12:16 PM, 22 Sep 2017 FridayThe admission test of first year honours for the session 2017-18 under Kha-unit of the University of Dhaka (DU) was held on Friday.
$200mn needed for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh: UN
10:45 AM, 22 Sep 2017 FridayThe United Nations estimates that $200 million will be needed over the next six months to help Rohingya Muslims refugees who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar in “massive numbers”
People’s tribunal finds Myanmar guilty of Rohingya genocide
08:54 AM, 22 Sep 2017 FridayThe Myanmar government is guilty of genocide against the Rohingya people and other Muslim minorities, according to the international Permanent Peoples' Tribunal.
Hindu refugees from Myanmar find sanctuary in Bangladesh
08:30 AM, 22 Sep 2017 FridayIn a small village in southern Bangladesh, hundreds of Hindu refugees from neighbouring...
World’s richest woman dies at 94
07:41 AM, 22 Sep 2017 FridayLiliane Bettencourt, the heiress to cosmetics firm L'Oreal, has died aged 94...
5 of a family injured in gas oven blast in city
06:25 AM, 22 Sep 2017 FridayFive members of a family sustained burn injuries in a fire caused by a gas oven blast in the...
IU to hold 4th convocation in January
05:59 AM, 22 Sep 2017 FridayThe authority of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia is going to hold its 4th convocation in...
Bangladesh PM at UN urges ‘safe zones’ for Rohingya
03:41 AM, 22 Sep 2017 FridayBangladesh's prime minister on Thursday proposed creating UN-supervised safe zones inside Myanmar to protect Rohingya Muslims who are fleeing a military crackdown to seek refuge in her country.
Trump signs new order to expand N Korea sanctions
02:57 AM, 22 Sep 2017 FridayUS President Donald Trump has signed an executive order allowing Washington to ramp up sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear missile programme. The move on Thursday came two days after Trump warned North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in his address at the UN General Assembly...
Holy Ashura on Oct 1
03:42 PM, 21 Sep 2017 ThursdayThe holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain (RA), grandson of...
Rohingya woman names newborn baby girl as Sheikh Hasina
03:01 PM, 21 Sep 2017 ThursdayA Rohingya Muslim refugee woman, who has taken shelter in the refugee camp, has delivered...
U-16 boys to give full effort against Yemen: Head coach
02:42 PM, 21 Sep 2017 ThursdayBangladesh Under-16 team's head coach Mostafa Anower Parvez said his boys are ready...
Myanmar army chief urges internally displaced to return to Rakhine
01:44 PM, 21 Sep 2017 ThursdayMyanmar's army chief called on Thursday for people internally displaced by violence in Rakhine State to go home...
14 vie for each seat in DU Kha unit admission
01:03 PM, 21 Sep 2017 ThursdayAs many as 14 admission seekers will vie for each seat at the admission test of 'Kha-Unit' of...