Thousands take to streets in Myanmar against China-backed mega-dam
Thousands of people in northern Myanmar took to the streets on Monday to protest against the proposed reinstatement of a Chinese-backed mega-dam they say will cause huge environmental damage and bring little benefit to the country.
Trump claims 'nobody disobeys my orders,' defying Mueller's account
President Donald Trump contended Monday that none of his underlings routinely defy his commands, despite numerous examples contained in Robert Mueller's report showing aides ignoring or refusing his dictates.
PM proposes new regional forum
Bangladesh on Monday proposed formation of a regional economic forum involving five Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member states of South and Southeast Asian region.
Bangladeshi origin Australian woman murdered
A 49-year old Bangladeshi origin man in Australia’s Sydney has confessed to the police that he had killed his wife at their home in Sydney’s south-west on Sunday morning, reported The Sydney Morning Herald.
HC declines to declare English as 2nd official language
A public interest litigation writ petition seeking a directive to the government to declare English as the 2nd official language of the country was on Sunday dropped from the day’s cause list by the High Court Division.
COLOMBO BLASTS Sheikh Selim’s grandson killed, son-in-law injured
Awami League presidium member and former health minister Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim’s grandson was killed and son-in-law injured in the terror attacks on Easter Sunday in Sri Lankan capital Colombo.
Sri Lanka explosions kill more than 200
Nun: 'I am not afraid to die, but to kill innocents with families is appalling' From CNN staff in Colombo
Either way, the news is bad
WHEN Asad Umar, the finance minister of Pakistan, returned from Washington after attending the Spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank a few days ago, the first
Brexit delay: the Soviets would have understood it
SO THE Brexit saga has taken another twist, and become even more confusing and uncertain. All we can predict is that whatever the UK government says will happen is the one thing which won’t. May has failed to deliver Brexit. Instead she keeps coming back to parliament with an appalling
Sri Lanka government declares curfew, shuts down access to social media
The Sri Lankan government declared a curfew with immediate effect, junior defence minister Ruwan Wijewardene said on Sunday, following eight explosions that killed nearly 140 people, and mostly targeted churches and hotels.
