UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi yesterday reiterated its position saying both the origin of and solution to the Rohingya crisis lie in Myanmar, reports UNB. "The origin of this crisis and the solution to this crisis both lie in Myanmar...," he told a press conference at a…

The government has sought 250 million dollar from the World Bank to provide health services to the Rohingyas who fled to Bangladesh amid persecution in Myanmar's in Rakhain State, reports UNB. Bangladesh will succeed in helping the Rohingya people as it had overcome other crisis moments in the past,…

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday called a snap election, seeking a fresh term at the helm of the world's third-largest economy as tensions with nearby North Korea reach fever-pitch, reports AFP from Tokyo. Abe hopes to capitalise on a weak and fractured opposition to sweep back into…

A number of allegations have been levelled against the top bosses of the Bangladesh Technical Education Board (BTEB) regarding illegally availing of incentive…

European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker on Monday urged German Chancellor Angela Merkel to form a strong coalition government as soon as possible to help "shape the future" of the EU, reports AFP from Brussels. Merkel met with her party Monday the day after winning a fourth term with…