Beijing to speak out after weeks of Hong Kong protests
China's top Hong Kong policy office will on Monday address the escalating protests in the semi-autonomous city over the past eight weekends.
Pasteurised milk: HC keeps 14 cos off trade for 5 weeks
The High Court Division in a suo moto rule on Sunday directed the owners of all the 14 authorised pasteurised milk companies to refrain from producing, distributing and selling their milk for five weeks as their milk was found to be contaminated with banned antibiotics and lead.
Myanmar tags conditions to Rohingya citizenship
The Myanmar government continued to impose conditions on granting citizenship to the Rohingya people on their return to Rakhine while the members of the forcefully displaced community were unwilling to accept the conditions.
Sylhet DIG Prisons held with Tk 80 lakh in Dhaka
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday arrested deputy inspector general (prisons) of Sylhet range Partha Gopal Banik after it found Tk 80 lakh at his Dhaka’s Kalabagan residence.
Relief crisis deepens as govt in denial
Amid reports of inadequate relief distribution leaving many half-fed or unfed in flood affected districts across the country, state minister for disaster management and relief Enamur Rahman said on Sunday that flood victims did not want relief.
Mayor Khokon finally admits dengue situation worrying
Dhaka South city mayor Mohammad Sayeed Khokon on Sunday finally admitted that the dengue situation in Dhaka was now worrying.
Hong Kong: Police and protesters clash on eighth weekend of marches
Riot police and protesters clashed Saturday in the small town of Yuen Long, near Hong Kong's border with China, after tens of thousands took to the streets for the eighth consecutive weekend amid an ongoing political crisis.
President Joko Widodo says Islam in Indonesia is 'tolerant' as rights groups warn of rising fundamentalism
In his first international television interview since being re-elected in May, Indonesian President Joko Widodo denied being concerned about the rise of fundamentalism in his country, saying that the Islam practiced there is tolerant and progressive.
Gaffeur, entertainer, Brexiteer, premier
GIVE it a few years, UK prime minister Boris Johnson told the House of Commons, and Britain will be ‘the greatest place on earth’. The new Conservative leader, overwhelmingly elected by party
Dengue breaks record every day
The numbers of dengue patients hospitalised in a single day and in this year so far have broken the all-time records in Bangladesh on Saturday.
