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.
Govt fails to stand by flood victims, check dengue: BNP
Leaders of Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday alleged that the government failed to stand by the flood victims for which the affected people were facing immense sufferings and that the government was in a mess in tackling dengue outbreak.
Khaleda receives treatment for uneven teeth
Jailed Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, who has been undergoing treatment at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University hospital, received dental care for her uneven teeth on Saturday.
