Almost 80 per cent of the Rohingyas who have fled to Bangladesh since the outbreak of violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state are women and children. Over 350,000 people have entered Bangladesh since August 24. There are around 65-70  per cent children among them, said United Nations aid agency…

The Iraqi authorities are holding more than 1,300 foreign family members of suspected Islamic State militants at a displaced people's camp south of Mosul, officials and aid workers say, reports BBC. The women and children, from at least 13 countries, mostly fled Tal Afar as troops recaptured the…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the civil aviation minister, Rashed Khan Menon, to take drastic action against certain officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines who are involved in "fake booking" of tickets on the national carrier. A minister had raised the issue during an unscheduled…

At least 15 people, including three passengers and 12 staffs, went missing as three launches anchored at WAPDA launch ghat in Naria of Shariatpur capsized in Padma River due to strong current early yesteray, reports UNB from Shariatpur. The missing people include Parvin Begum, 35, of Lomsing village…

A gunman has killed seven people at a home in Dallas, Texas, before being shot dead by police, reports BBC. Two further shooting victims are in hospital after they were injured at the property on Sunday night. Police spokesman David Tilley said the shooter was killed by the first responding officer…