The United States is assessing if ethnic cleansing or genocide has taken place against Rohingya populace in the Rakhine state of Myanmar by the security…

Myanmar has yet again violated the air space of Bangladesh, prompting the foreign ministry to summon the Myanmar’s envoy in Dhaka to lodge a strong protest. The latest incident of violation of the country’s airspace took place on Thursday, a foreign ministry press release said yesterday.…

The government has finalised the draft health service policy, which states that from now on doctors can perform life-saving operations on road accident victims without waiting for the permission of their family members. No one can take legal action against doctors if anyone dies following such an operation,…

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch yesterday echoed similar stance and said they have evidence that the Myanmar forces were setting fire to Rohingya villages in Rakhine State in a planned manner, report agencies. Amnesty International said it has found evidence of an “orchestrated campaign…

During their dialogue with the Election Commission (EC), smaller political parties have repeatedly demanded a caretaker government and the dissolution of Parliament during general elections. Until September 14, the EC had met 10 political parties. Of them, eight had proposed that a caretaker government…

North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan and into the Pacific yesterday, responding to new UN sanctions with its furthest-ever missile flight in what analysts called a demonstration of its ability to target Guam, reports AFP from Seoul. The launch, from near Pyongyang, came after the United…