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Pakistan strikes on eastern Afghanistan kill dozens
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Three Pakistani troops killed in terror attack in Karachi
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Two roadside blasts in northwest Pakistan kill 7
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Pak checkpoint: Militants kill 6, abduct 8 paramilitary troops
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Modi captivates Facebook Townhall
Enjoy the salient features of India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at Facebook Townhall.
28 September 2015, 05:01 AM
Manikganj Shibir chief held
Police arrested the president of Manikganj district unit of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) from bus stand area on Saturday on charge of
27 September 2015, 18:00 PM
34 gold bar seized, one held
Police arrested a man and seized 34 gold bars from his possession in Khetlal upazila of Joypurhat district on Friday afternoon.
27 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Mind your own business
India's reaction to Nepal's new constitution and the violence preceding and following it has been criticised by Nepal's media and Twitter users.
23 September 2015, 18:00 PM
India, US renew ever closer strategic ties
The world's largest democracies, India and the United States, agreed measures to deepen their security and economic cooperation on Tuesday, part of an ambitious drive to boost trade between them five-fold.
23 September 2015, 18:00 PM
BTRC chief’s appointment cancelled before taking charge
The government appoints a new chairman to the telecom regulator after cancelling the appointment of another before his taking the charge.
23 September 2015, 12:53 PM
HC rejects plea seeking medical admission retake
The High Court rejects a writ petition seeking order on the government to scrap the medical and dental admission tests held on Friday.
21 September 2015, 08:06 AM
Three get life for killing youth
A Sylhet court yesterday sentenced three people to life imprisonment for killing a youth in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar in 2012.
20 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Nepal adopts secular charter amid violent protests
Nepal Sunday adopted a new constitution aimed at bolstering its transformation from a Hindu monarchy to a secular democracy, as violent protests raged against some of the terms of the charter.
20 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Europe’s dilemma is a stark closer to Asia
Persecuted Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar and thousands of Bangladeshi nationals have undertaken perilous journeys across the Andaman Sea to reach countries in Southeast Asia.
20 September 2015, 06:25 AM
Indian army kills 5 'terrorists' in Kashmir
Indian soldiers shot dead five suspected rebels near the heavily militarised border in Kashmir yesterday as they tried to sneak in from the Pakistani side of the
18 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Taliban gunmen kill 29 in Pakistan airbase attack
Pakistani Taliban attacked an air force base in the country's restive northwest yesterday, killing at least 29 people, most of them soldiers, in their deadliest assault in months following a major military offensive against them.
18 September 2015, 18:00 PM
900 kg of embezzled relief rice seized in Gaibandha
The chairman of Kamardani union parishad (UP) in Gaibandha Sadar upazila went into hiding on Wednesday as his involvement in black
17 September 2015, 18:00 PM
New Delhi to top list
In another 10 years, Indian Capital Delhi will record the world's largest number of premature deaths due to air pollution among all mega cities in the world.
17 September 2015, 18:00 PM
2m Indians reply to ad for 300 clerical jobs
Authorities in India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, say they have been overwhelmed after receiving 2.3 million applications for 368 low-level government jobs.
17 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Sri Lanka vows to try war criminals after UN report
Sri Lanka promised yesterday to punish those found guilty of war crimes but stopped short of supporting an internationally backed probe, a day after a damning UN report on abuses committed during the island's conflict.
17 September 2015, 18:00 PM
US woman 'raped' in northern India
An American tourist has accused two men of raping her in the popular Himalayan hill station of Dharamsala in northern India, police said yesterday, the latest
17 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Afghan Taliban end leadership dispute
The Afghan Taliban yesterday said that a major dispute undermining the movement has been resolved, after relatives of the militant group's late leader, Mullah
16 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Nepal finally gets a new charter
Nepal's parliament passed a new national constitution yesterday, weeks after political leaders reached a historic agreement to create a federal state following an earthquake that killed nearly 9,000 people.
16 September 2015, 18:00 PM
UN wants 'hybrid court'
The United Nations yesterday detailed horrific abuses committed in Sri Lanka's civil war, including the disappearance of tens of thousands of people, and said the country needed international help to probe war crimes and enable reconciliation.
"A purely domestic court procedure will simply not succeed in overcoming the widespread and justifiable suspicions fuelled by decades of violations, malpractice and broken promises," UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein told reporters in Geneva.
16 September 2015, 18:00 PM