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Thailand's ex-PM Thaksin released from prison
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Two Singaporeans confirmed dead in Indonesia volcano eruption
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Voting underway in India's West Bengal and Tamil Nadu
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Fire in Malaysia's Sabah destroys 1,000 homes, thousands displaced
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US-Israel war on Iran
Myanmar junta chief elected president by pro-military MPs
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World
Shift Rohingyas from tourist town
Representatives from Cox's Bazar 's Civil Society and non-government organisations yesterday formed a forum demanding the shifting of Rohingyas from the tourist town, protecting local environment and upholding human rights of the Rohingyas.
19 October 2017, 18:00 PM
US lawmakers for targeted sanctions on Myanmar army
More than 40 US lawmakers has called upon the Trump administration to reimpose travel bans on Myanmar military leaders and
19 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Rohingya crisis a ‘humanitarian disaster’
Terming the ongoing Rohingya crisis “a humanitarian disaster”, Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Major General Abul Hossain urges the international community to play an effective role to resolve the crisis.
19 October 2017, 14:18 PM
Bangladesh envoy to UN urges UNSC to solve Rohingya crisis
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, Masud Bin Momen urges the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to take combined and firm steps for permanent solution of humanitarian crises of displaced Rohigyas and Palestinians.
19 October 2017, 04:59 AM
Militant behind Pakistan school attack killed: Taliban
The militant commander accused of masterminding Pakistan's deadliest ever extremist attack, a massacre at a school in Peshawar in 2014, has been killed, the Pakistani Taliban says in an email to media.
19 October 2017, 04:41 AM
Testimony of destruction
The UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs has viewed dozens of burned and destroyed villages in northern Rakhine during his recent tour by air, and called on Myanmar to investigate allegations of human rights abuses by security forces.
It was the first visit by a top UN official from its New York headquarters since the latest violence began in Rakhine in late August, forcing nearly 6,00,000 Rohingya to cross into Bangladesh in one of the worst and fastest growing humanitarian crisis in history.
18 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Int'l community backs Bangladesh
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali yesterday said an international consensus has been created in support of Bangladesh to end the
18 October 2017, 18:00 PM
EU waits for Myanmar's response
The European Union has said it wants to see Myanmar's response to the international community's appeal to resolve the Rohingya crisis before taking any tough measures like imposing economic embargo against the country.
18 October 2017, 18:00 PM
US knew about mass killings of 1960s
The US government was fully aware of a bloody anti-communist purge by the Indonesian army in the 1960s, with one diplomat at the
18 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Rohingya crisis: Unicef appeals for urgent aid
Without immediate additional funding, Unicef says it will not be able to continue providing lifesaving aid and protection to Rohingya children who have fled to Bangladesh following horrific violence in Myanmar.
18 October 2017, 16:02 PM
Rohingya influx puts locals into financial trouble
The hike in the prices of almost all essential products following the influx of Rohingyas who fled persecution in Myanmar's Rakhine State has put the locals in Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas into a great financial trouble.
18 October 2017, 13:42 PM
EU wants Myanmar’s reply before slapping embargoes
The European Union says that it wants to see Myanmar's reply before going for tougher measures like imposing an economic embargo or other restrictive measures against the country.
18 October 2017, 12:09 PM
UN top official witnesses dozens of burnt Rohingya villages
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman has viewed dozens of burned and destroyed villages of Rohingyas in Rakhine state of Myanmar.
18 October 2017, 11:00 AM
Indian folk singer shot dead after receiving ‘life-threat’
A 22-year-old Indian singer is shot dead on her way back home in Delhi after a performance in Haryana's Panipat.
18 October 2017, 09:57 AM
Italy has highest number of Unesco heritage sites
Italy has the highest number of Unesco heritage sites in the world. In Asia, China and India house the most heritage sites.
18 October 2017, 07:40 AM
IPU calls upon UNSC, Human Rights Council for intervention on Rohingya crisis
Inter-Parliamentary Union in its 137th Assembly calls upon the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and Human Rights Council to urgently intervene and halt the human tragedy affecting the Rohingya minority of Myanmar.
18 October 2017, 07:29 AM
World now much closer to Bangladesh over Rohingya issue: FM
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali today said the international community is much closer to Bangladesh than ever before over the Rohingya issue which, he thinks, is an outcome of its diplomacy.
18 October 2017, 06:12 AM
Myanmar army killed hundreds of Rohingyas: Amnesty
Myanmar security forces killed hundreds of men, women and children during a systematic campaign to expel Rohingya Muslims, Amnesty International says in a new report that calls for an arms embargo on the country and criminal prosecution of the perpetrators.
18 October 2017, 04:24 AM
World MPs slam ethnic cleansing in Myanmar
The global parliamentary community yesterday condemned the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya minority in the Northern Rakhine state
17 October 2017, 20:53 PM
Foreign minister to visit Myanmar November 19
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali will visit Myanmar next month to attend the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) to be held in the country's capital.
17 October 2017, 20:46 PM