Pakistani anti-corruption court indicts ousted PM Sharif and daughter

A Pakistani anti-corruption court indicts ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter over allegations linked to ownership of London properties, opening a trial that could see the former leader jailed.
19 October 2017

India can help US to keep an eye on Pakistan: Nikki Haley

India can help the US keep an eye on Pakistan as President Donald Trump has "taken tougher approach to Islamabad harbouring
18 October 2017

Pakistan Taliban suicide bomber rams police truck

A Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber rammed a car into a police truck in the southwestern city of Quetta yesterday, killing at least seven
18 October 2017

Italy has highest number of Unesco heritage sites

Italy has the highest number of Unesco heritage sites in the world. In Asia, China and India house the most heritage sites.
18 October 2017

Myanmar army killed hundreds of Rohingyas: Amnesty

Myanmar security forces killed hundreds of men, women and children during a systematic campaign to expel Rohingya Muslims, Amnesty International says in a new report that calls for an arms embargo on the country and criminal prosecution of the perpetrators.
18 October 2017

Pakistan EC suspends 261 lawmakers for non-disclosure of financial statements

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) suspends the membership of 261 lawmakers for failure to submit details of their finances under sub-section 42A of the Representation of People Act (RoPA) by September 30.
17 October 2017

Speaker for playing effective role in solving Rohingya crisis

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury urges the international community to play an effective and sustainable role in resolving the Rohingya crisis which created a humanitarian crisis in Bangladesh.
17 October 2017

Cairo tops worst chart, London the best megacity

Dhaka has been rated as the seventh worst megacity for women and Cairo positioned the last in the list, followed by Karachi, Kinshasa and New Delhi, according to an international poll with women's rights experts.
17 October 2017

Rohingya crisis: UN calls for global solidarity ahead of pledging conference

Senior United Nations officials are urging the international community to come together in support of a 23 October pledging conference to “send a strong message to Rohingya refugees and their generous hosts in Bangladesh that the world is there for them in their greatest time of need.”
17 October 2017

UN report on Rohingya hunger withdrawn over Myanmar govt request, The Guardian says

World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations has withdrawn its critical report revealing recently desperate hunger among the persecuted Rohingya people after the Myanmar government demanded it be taken down, reports The Guardian.
17 October 2017

3 more Rohingya bodies recovered from the Bay

The death toll from the October 8 Rohingya boat capsize reaches 37 as three more bodies of Rohingya women were recovered from the Bay of Bengal in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
15 October 2017

Unemployment: Dhaka 6th in Asia; highest rate in Kathmandu, lowest in Phnom Penh

Dhaka ranked sixth among 25 Asian capital cities in official unemployment ratings, whereas Nepal’s capital Kathmandu has the highest rate and Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, recorded as the lowest in this regard, a study reveals recently.
15 October 2017

Dhaka among least safe, Tokyo safest cities in the world, says The Economist's Safe Cities Index 2017

Dhaka, the capital and megacity of Bangladesh, has been ranked one of the least safe cities in the world, whereas, Tokyo once again tops the list of The Economist's Safe Cities Index 2017.
14 October 2017

India announces fellowships for South Asian scientists

In a fresh outreach to its immediate neighbours, India announces fully-sponsored academic fellowships to scientists and researchers of South Asian countries including Bangladesh.
14 October 2017

Suu Kyi sets out aid plan to end Rohingya crisis

Aung San Suu Kyi has set out plans for a new humanitarian project to enable Myanmar's Rakhine State to emerge as a peaceful and developed region, which a close adviser says showed her determination to fix the country's refugee crisis.
14 October 2017

IOM DG due Sunday; he'll visit Rohingya camps

International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General William Lacy Swing arrives in Dhaka on Sunday on a four-day visit to see current Rohingya situation on the ground.
14 October 2017

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi sets out aid plan to end Rohingya crisis

Aung San Suu Kyi has set out plans for a new humanitarian project to enable Myanmar's Rakhine State to emerge as a peaceful and developed region, which a close adviser said showed her determination to fix the country's refugee crisis.
13 October 2017

Lanka recovers cash stolen from Taiwan bank

Sri Lankan authorities have recovered more than $1.3 million stolen from a Taiwanese bank after two men were arrested in connection
12 October 2017

Taliban hostage family freed by Pak troops

A North American family that had been held hostage by the Afghan Taliban has been freed following an operation in Pakistan, the
12 October 2017

'It takes two to tango'

Pakistan has shown "genuine desire" to have peaceful relations with its "belligerent" neighbour India but it takes "two to tango",
12 October 2017