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Dozens killed in blast targeting train in Pakistan: official
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Gunshots at Philippine Senate as lawmaker wanted by ICC holds out
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Thailand's ex-PM Thaksin released from prison
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Two Singaporeans confirmed dead in Indonesia volcano eruption
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Voting underway in India's West Bengal and Tamil Nadu
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Fire in Malaysia's Sabah destroys 1,000 homes, thousands displaced
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Pakistan announces power cuts in bid to control energy prices
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US-Israel war on Iran
Myanmar junta chief elected president by pro-military MPs
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World
Heavy rains halt train service in Mymensingh
Train service on Mymensingh-Jamalpur route disrupts for three hours as rail tracks went under water in Mymensingh after the city experienced the highest rainfall.
13 June 2015, 08:32 AM
Pakistan warns aid groups after Save the Children expelled
Pakistan's interior minister says the government was ready to throw out more foreign aid groups, a day after Save the Children were expelled for "working against the country".
12 June 2015, 05:37 AM
Lightning kills 5, injures 13 in five districts
At least five people were killed and 13 others injured by lightning in Barisal, Thakurgaon, Chandpur and Munshiganj districts
11 June 2015, 18:00 PM
5 Ctg detectives suspended for drive without permission
Authorities suspend five detectives of Chittagong Metropolitan Police as they went on an operation without permission from higher authorities.
11 June 2015, 14:16 PM
Modi better salesman than me: Manmohan
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today ripped into the Narendra Modi government's claims on economic revival.
9 June 2015, 14:53 PM
Joynal made press secretary to president
Joynal Abedin, additional principal information officer of Press Information Department, has been appointed as the press secretary to the president.
9 June 2015, 11:47 AM
Malaysia quake toll hits 16
Six Singapore primary school students and one teacher were among 16 people so far confirmed killed by an earthquake that rocked Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu, government
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Burma's drug-fuelled economic boom
Visitors flying into this buzzing tropical metropolis step into a modern glass-and-steel airport that symbolizes both Myanmar's aspirations to rejoin the wider world after years of isolation and the country's troubled past.
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Trafficking: Top Thai army officer surrenders
A top army officer of Thailand, Lt General Manas Khongpaen, turns himself in days after a Thai provincial court allowed police to arrest him over his alleged involvement in trafficking of Rohingyas and other boatpeople, The Guardian reports.
3 June 2015, 06:51 AM
China ship capsize: Hopes fade of finding Yangtze survivors
The death toll in what could be China's worst shipping disaster in almost 70 years doubles to 14.
3 June 2015, 04:22 AM
4 of a family killed in Bandarban
Four of a family including two children are killed over what police suspect family feud in Bandarban Sadar upazila.
29 May 2015, 05:00 AM
Shopkeeper found dead
Police recovered the body of a shopkeeper from a paddy field at Abur Khil village in Raozan upazila yesterday morning.
28 May 2015, 18:00 PM
HC to decide on Niko case proceedings against Khaleda in mid June
The High Court will deliver its decision in mid of June on whether the trial proceedings of Niko corruption case against of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will run at the lower court.
28 May 2015, 12:30 PM
Bar council polls now Aug 13
Supreme Court orders authorities concerned to hold elections to Bangladesh Bar Council on August 13 through updating voter list.
28 May 2015, 06:46 AM
Illegal structures on Kuakata beach demolished
Patuakhali district administration yesterday demolished around 100 illegal structures on Kuakata sea beach in Kalapara upazila of the district.
27 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Malaysian mass grave corpses on forensic test
The Malaysian police are carrying out forensic tests to determine whether the remains found from the mass graves belongs to Rohingya or Bangladeshi victims, reports Malaysian daily The Star.
26 May 2015, 11:46 AM
Myanmar to deport rescued migrants to Bangladesh
A group of migrants recently rescued by Myanmar will be deported to Bangladesh, officials confirmed yesterday, as the United Nations chief called on regional nations to prioritise saving the lives of those still stranded at sea.
23 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Australia PM rules out resettling Asian boat migrants
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has ruled out helping resettle the wave of migrants fleeing to Southeast Asia, saying it would worsen the problem and "encourage people to get on boats".
21 May 2015, 12:28 PM
BJP ally threatens agitation against beef meat ban
After protests by farmers and beef traders, the Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP government in Maharashtra of India now faces protests against the beef ban by an ally, RPI(A).
21 May 2015, 05:54 AM
Foil conspiracy against Jumma people
Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Regional Council Chairman Santu Larma yesterday urged the CHT people to be united to foil the conspiracy against the Jumma (hill) people.
20 May 2015, 18:00 PM