Pakistani rescuers have pulled more than 100 survivors from the rubble of a collapsed factory and are searching for dozens of others believed still trapped…

A Dhaka court yesterday placed MA Matin, who was arrested in connection with the murder of Italian citizen Cesare Tavella, from Benapole border area, on an 8-day remand, reports UNB. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Shahriar Adnan Hossain passed the order when Detective Branch Inspector Mohammad Zaher…

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi Thursday said it was important not to ‘exaggerate’ the plight of the nation’s persecuted Rohingya, hundreds of thousands of whom have been barred from Sunday’s landmark polls, reports AFP from Yangon. Suu Kyi has faced int’l censure…

A top UN official yesterday condemned the series of attacks against bloggers and publishers in Bangladesh, and urged the government to take urgent, concerted measures to protect those threatened by extremists in the country. “At least five Bangladeshi writers and publishers as well as two foreign…

The Appellate Division of Supreme Court (SC) yesterday upheld a High Court (HC) verdict that declared as illegal use of the national anthem as ringtone or welcome tune by mobile operators. Disposing a leave to appeal petition filed by mobile operator Aktel, now Robi Axiata, against the HC order, a four-member…

The Punjabi community in Canada made history on Wednesday when two turbaned Sikhs and one clean shaven Sikh were sworn in as cabinet ministers as 42-year-old Justin Trudeau took oath as the country's 23rd prime minister at a grand public ceremony in Ottawa, reports Times of India. While 42-year-old…