MASS GRAVES IN THAI JUNGLE Lone survivor says kept captive for nine months.
The lone survivor of a death camp for sea migrants, discovered in a jungle in southern Thailand, had reportedly been kidnapped from Bangladesh’s coastal district of Cox’s Bazar and held captive for nine months.
Bangladesh struggles between seculars and radical Islamists, Salmon tells US congressional hearing
Congressman Matt Salmon, the chairman of the sub-committee on Asia and the Pacific of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs, has said ‘what really is at stake in Bangladesh is a struggle for ideological foundation of the nation between those that would emphasise secular ideas and Bengali ethnic identity, and those that seek a firm Islamist ideology.’
Islamic State: Militants 'kill 300 Yazidi captives'
Several hundred Yazidi captives have been killed in Iraq by Islamic State (IS) militants west of Mosul, Yazidi and Iraqi officials say.
Nepal quake: Airport customs holding up aid relief - UN
The United Nations has urged Nepal to relax customs controls which it says are holding up deliveries of aid to survivors of last week's earthquake.
Tamim smashes record to secure draw
Tamim Iqbal smashed Bangladesh’s highest Test score of 206 as the first Test against Pakistan petered out into a draw after another run feast in Khulna on Saturday.
Harassment of journalists doubles in 2014: Report
Harassment of journalists has doubled in 2014 in comparison with 2013, Article 19 in its report published on Sunday
BNP leader Nasiruddin Pintu dies
Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu died of cardiac arrest at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital on Sunday
Poor don’t get benefits of govt subsidies
Experts say at CPD seminar
Nepal quake: 'No chance' to find more survivors, as death toll rises
Nepal's authorities have ruled out the possibility of finding more survivors of last Saturday's earthquake, as the death toll has risen to 6,621.
May Day observed
The International Labour Day, widely known as May Day, was observed in Bangladesh on Friday, as elsewhere around the world, with colourful processions and the voicing of the workers’ demand for the establishment of trade union rights at all factories.
