Kashmiris in lockdown city queue for two-minute phone access
Outside a guarded government office in Indian Kashmir's main city, an interminable queue forms every day for a near-priceless opportunity: a two-minute phone call to the outside world.
48 killed in Myanmar landslide
Myanmar troops deployed to flood-hit parts of the country on Sunday to help with relief efforts after the death toll from a deadly landslide jumped to 48.
Sonia Gandhi returns to lead India's beleaguered Congress
India's opposition Congress party selected past president Sonia Gandhi as its interim leader on Saturday, while it searches for a successor to her son Rahul Gandhi, who quit following a crushing election defeat by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Obaidul apologises for home-goers’ sufferings on highways
Expressing sorrow for Eid holidaymakers’ sufferings on highways amid gridlocks, toad transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the situation will improve this afternoon.
NHRC has no chairman, member
The National Human Rights Commission has stopped inquiry into rights violations as it has no chairman or member.
Dengue menace Dhaka hospitals crowded with referred patients One more dies in Barishal
Dengue patients referred by hospitals in the outlying districts were surging in Dhaka hospitals before Eid, indicating the rise in Dengue patients across the country.
Two more dead in Noakhali, Mymensingh
Two more people died of dengue in Noakhali and Mymensingh on Sunday.
Trump gripes about his critics while at the scene of tragedy
As President Donald Trump departed the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, on Wednesday, he told officials traveling with him the visit was a smash success.
Protester dies, scores held in Kashmir lockdown
A protester died after being chased by police and more than 100 people were arrested during a curfew in Kashmir’s main city after the restive region’s autonomy was scrapped by India, officials said Wednesday, reports AFP.
Shock syndrome causes most dengue deaths 3 more die at DMCH
At least three more dengue patients died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Wednesday, where so far 20 dengue patients died, DMCH assistant director Nasir Uddin told New Age.
