Rohingyas are falling prey to boat capsizals while crossing the Bay of Bengal and Naf river to reach Shahporirdwip, a border island on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, which has been a major influx point for refugees since violence erupted in Rakhine state in the neighbouring country on August 24. So…

Twenty-three people, mostly children, were killed Thursday by a blaze that tore through a Malaysian religious school, trapping them in a dormitory with…

There are acute shortages of everything, including shelter, food and clean water, as the number of Rohingyas arriving in the country from Rakhine soared to 4 lakh with thousands more arriving every day, according to the United Nations. “Up to 400,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh since…

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday issued a bailable arrest warrant for PTI chief Imran Khan following his failure to show up for the contempt of court proceedings, according to www.khaleejtimes.com. The electoral body also ordered the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman to submit surety…

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, now controls more than two-thirds of the Islamic State group's former Syrian stronghold Raqa, a monitor said Thursday, reports AFP from Beirut. The SDF entered Raqa in early June, after months of fighting to encircle…

Issuing a strong warning against hoarding of rice, Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government will not allow anybody to play a game with the food of the people, reports BSS.   "We're taking an account of the rice stock in every godown of Bangladesh…