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UK homes burnt, residents evacuated in fires
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Germany faces 1.5m asylum claims this year

Germany could receive up to 1.5 million asylum-seekers this year, according to the Bild newspaper, quoting a confidential document containing estimates that are far higher than publicly released official figures.
5 October 2015

Japanese, Chinese, Irish scientists win 2015 Nobel medicine prize for parasite therapies

Irish-born William Campbell, Satoshi Omura of Japan and China's Youyou Tu win the Nobel Medicine Prize for their discoveries of treatments against parasites, the jury says.
5 October 2015

Children's bodies washed up in Greece in latest migrant tragedy

The badly decomposed bodies of two children were found washed up on the Greek island of Kos on Sunday, the latest victims of a crisis that has seen 630,000 people enter the EU illegally this year.
5 October 2015

200 migrants rescued off Spanish coast

Almost 200 migrants from North and sub-Saharan Africa were rescued overnight as they tried to reach southern Spain in makeshift vessels, Spanish coastal rescue officials said yesterday.
4 October 2015

Russia bombs 10 IS targets in Syria

Russian planes have flown 20 sorties in Syria and struck 10 Islamic State targets in the past 24 hours, the country's defence ministry said in a statement yesterday.
4 October 2015

Pope Francis asserts marriage is forever

Pope Francis opened a divisive meeting of the world's bishops on family issues yesterday by forcefully asserting that marriage is an indissoluble bond between
4 October 2015

EU condemns foreigners’ killings

The European Union has condemned killings of two foreigners in Bangladesh.
4 October 2015

Cops to boost security for diplomats, foreigners

Police will strengthen security at workplaces and residences of foreign diplomats and nationals in Bangladesh.
3 October 2015

Structures being built on grabbed land in Patuakhali

A ruling party man has started building a market in Dashpara bus stand area under Baufal municipality, grabbing land owned by Abdur Rob Gazi of the area.
1 October 2015

Europe migrant crisis in spotlight at UN

Europe's migrant crisis was set to be in focus at the UN late yesterday with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon seeking to muster a global response to the exodus of vast numbers of people from Syria and elsewhere.
30 September 2015

Thousands cry for bridge over Bullai River in Nilphamari

Forty thousand people of eight remote villages in Kishoreganj upazila under the district are suffering much for want of a bridge over the
29 September 2015

Pirojpur youths organise to give blood, the gift of life

Five years ago, when three-wheeler auto driver Farid Hossain of Pirojpur town first saw his newborn son Samrat he was as ecstatic as
29 September 2015

EU failing to protect journos

The European Union has failed to tackle challenges to press freedom within its borders, notably from the hardline government of
29 September 2015

Catalan head indicted for calling referendum

Catalonia's Supreme Court indicted the acting head of the Catalan regional government yesterday after he pushed ahead with a
29 September 2015

Romanian PM survives no confidence vote

Romania's embattled Prime Minister Victor Ponta survived a no-confidence vote yesterday, barely a week since the start of his trial on
29 September 2015

EU to deploy polls observers

The EU said yesterday it will for the first time deploy observers in Myanmar's upcoming elections when the opposition led by Aung San
29 September 2015

Germany beefs up asylum rules amid record influx

Germany toughened rules yesterday for asylum seekers from the Balkans as Europe struggled to cope with a record surge in migrants,
29 September 2015

Joint-secretary killed under train in Mymensingh

A top government official is killed under the wheels of a train at Mymensingh Railway Station.
28 September 2015

Clash over capture of water body leaves one dead, 50 injured

A man was killed and 50 others were injured in a clash between two groups over capture of a water body at Manduri village in Baniachang upazila of Habiganj District on Saturday.
27 September 2015

France carries out first air strikes on ISIS in Syria

France carried out its first air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria yesterday, as Russia said it was seeking a "coordinated framework" to fight the jihadists.
27 September 2015