'All you can see is death.' The regions reeling from the Amazon rainforest fires
The smoke is so thick, at times the Cessna airplane had to climb to stay out of it. At times your eyes burn and you close the air vents to keep the cabin habitable. Sometimes it is so bad, it is hard to see how bad it actually is on the ground below.
Macron sparks confusion after inviting Iran's foreign minister to G7 summit
When Iran's Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, landed in Biarritz Sunday afternoon it appeared France's Emmanuel Macron, this year's G7 host, had pulled off an end run around his most powerful guest, US President Donald Trump.
A 'rude shock' for markets: Asian stocks slide on US-China trade tit-for-tat
Asian markets were battered Monday amid a confusing swirl of signals about the US-China trade war.
Live ammunition, petrol bombs and water cannons mark violent escalation in Hong Kong protests
A Hong Kong police officer fired a live shot into the air after protesters squared off against police armed with water cannons on Sunday night, marking one of the most violent nights of pro-
Rohingyas rally for rights at home
Thousands of Rohingya people on Sunday held a rally at Kutupalong camp in Cox’s Bazar marking the second anniversary of their exodus into Bangladesh following a crackdown on them by the Myanmar military.
List of Pakistani collaborators underway
Different agencies are working to prepare a list of the Pakistani collaborators who aided the military in fighting against the country’s freedom fighters and carrying out the massacres during the nine-month-long war of independence.
Defaulted loans go up
Defaulted loans in the country’s banking sector rose by Tk 18,513.17 crore during the first half of the year 2019, including the new addition of Tk 1,551.63 crore during the April-June period this year as ensuring good governance in the sector remained a far cry.
Rumeen applies for plot in Purbachal
Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmaker Rumeen Farhana, who, on several occasions, questioned the legitimacy of the present parliament, alleging that it was constituted through
Protect migrant workers from middlemen: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the authorities concerned to be mindful so that the people who have gone abroad in search for better life do not end up being cheated by middlemen.
Rohingyas mark two years of crisis with big rally in Bangladesh camp
Thousands of Rohingya refugees held a rally at Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar on Sunday, marking the second anniversary of the start of the crisis that began following an offensive of Myanmar army.
