Blockade passes 37th day
The fourth day of weeklong nationwide shutdown in addition to nonstop blockade enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance passed off almost peacefully on Wednesday barring some stray incidents of arson attacks at places.
Mediterranean sinking kills 200 migrants bound for Europe
"Nine were saved after four days at sea. The other 203 were swallowed by the waves," UNHCR's spokeswoman in Italy, Carlotta Sami, said on Twitter.
No discussion with killers, says PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday ruled out any possibility of a dialogue with her arch rival Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia to put an end to the present crisis. ‘To whom I would hold discussion? Is it with the killer who kills people by arson attacks?’ she questioned.
Who was Jordanian pilot Moath al-Kasasbeh, killed by ISIS?
Royal Jordanian Air Force pilot Moath al-Kasasbeh cut a swashbuckling pose in one military photo, with hands akimbo on his hips, exuding confidence.In another, the cleanshaven young man in uniform appears deadly serious, as one might expect from a fighter pilot whose airstrikes demand precision.
American ISIS hostage Kayla Mueller dead, family says
Kayla Mueller's parents had been holding out hope. But on Tuesday, the American ISIS hostage's family revealed devastating news.
Dialogue initiators patrons of militancy, sabotage: Tofail
The commerce minister, Tofail Ahmed, on Tuesday termed the appeal made by Nagarik Samaj for a dialogue unacceptable and unrealistic and dubbed the initiators of dialogue as patrons of militancy and sabotage. ‘We are not going to sit with the BNP-led opposition for a dialogue as they are involved in violence and destructions and killing innocent people,’ he said at a briefing at the ministry.
No clue to Sagar-Runi murder in 3 years
The investigators could crack no clue to the killing of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi inside three years of the murder although the DNA profiling reports from the United States reached nearly a year ago
32 patients die in SOMCH in 24 hours 10 infants among the dead, health experts term it ‘unusual’ -
Ten babies, including five newborns, died in a span of just 10 hours and 22 more patients of different ages died in 24 hours in Osmani Medical College and Hospital in Sylhet till Tuesday morning causing panic among the patients and their attendants.
Malaysia court upholds Anwar Ibrahim sodomy conviction.
Mr Anwar was accused of having sex with a male aide in 2008. Sodomy is illegal in Muslim-majority Malaysia, but very few people are ever prosecuted.The popular politician was sentenced to five years in jail in March 2014 after an earlier acquittal was overturned - a ruling against which he appealed.He says the case is a bid by the ruling coalition to block him from politics.
Putin in Ukraine: Why would he stop in the face of weakness?
Why stop now? This must be the question Vladimir Putin is asking himself as he considers the latest European pleas for peace in Ukraine, to be discussed at a crisis summit in Minsk on Wednesday.
