Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu on Friday said the present government will continue to work for the overall development of police. “The present government has given police the honour and increased their status. Work for the development of the force,…
Seven policemen have been killed by suspected Maoist rebels in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police say.
Ukraine’s ex-President Viktor Yanukovych has made his first public appearance since being ousted last week, telling a news conference in Russia he would fight for his country.
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Thursday said the second phase election in 115 upazila parishads was peaceful except a few stray incidents. “Today’s polls have been completed by and large peacefully except a few incidents of violence in…
Jerusalem — Israel has opened a new front in its attempts to halt weapons smuggling to Hezbollah, striking one of the group’s positions inside Lebanon for the first time since the sides fought a war eight years ago. This week’s…
Face masks have appeared on statues around Beijing’s Peking University in an apparent bid to protect them from the smog engulfing the city. With no end in sight for China’s pollution crisis, one student with a sense of humour used…
Ukraine’s security forces have been put on alert after government buildings in the Russian-majority Crimea region were seized by armed men. The Russian flag had been raised over both buildings in the capital, Simferopol. The local government has said it…
The Election Commission has asked the law enforcers to be on ‘maximum alert’ to hold the second phase of the Upazila Parishad election smoothly on Thursday. Polls will be held in 116 Upazilas and some 20 million voters are expected…
Pro-Kiev and pro-Moscow protesters have scuffled in Ukraine’s Crimea region, as tensions increase following last week’s ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych.
Syrian government forces have ambushed and killed a large number of Islamist rebel fighters in the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus, reports say. Syrian state media says 175 died.
Ukraine’s acting interior minister has said the elite Berkut police unit, blamed for the deaths of protesters, has been disbanded.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said Ukraine is not caught in a battle between East and West. Mr Kerry said it was not a zero-sum game and called for all nations to work together to bring stability to Ukraine.…
Joypurhat –A Bangladeshi national was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Hatkhola frontier in Panchbibi upazila early Wednesday. The deceased identified as Azizul alias Eju, 34, son of Tofajjal Hossain Tofa and a resident of Ramkrishnapur village…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to extend her cabinet on Wednesday. Sources at the Cabinet Division told UNB that AH Mahmood Ali, an MP from Dinajpur-4 constituency, will take oath as a minister and he is expected…
A rights group says it has evidence of Myanmar’s government discriminating against Muslim Rohingya, restricting their movements and family size.
Pakistan’s military have launched air strikes against suspected militant hideouts in the north-west, killing at least 30 people, officials say.
Egypt’s interim Prime Minister Hazem Beblawi has unexpectedly announced the resignation of his government.
Ukraine has issued a warrant for the arrest of ousted President Viktor Yanukovych, the interim interior minister has announced.
An explosion has killed two people and wounded more than 20 others near a protest site in a busy shopping district of the Thai capital Bangkok. One of those who died in the attack near the Central World shopping mall…
Parliament in Ukraine has named its speaker as interim president. Oleksandr Turchynov takes charge following the dismissal of President Viktor Yanukovych on Saturday. Mr Turchynov told MPs they had until Tuesday to form a new unity government. Parliament also voted…
Pope Francis has appointed 19 new cardinals at a ceremony in Rome – the first such appointments of his papacy.
Ukrainian President Yanukovych has said he has no intention of quitting and has described events in the capital Kiev events as a “coup”.
The Kiev offices of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych are unguarded, with opposition protesters apparently in full control of the government district, say BBC correspondents. The BBC’s Kevin Bishop says he was able to enter the complex unchallenged. Opposition leaders say…
Dhaka – US Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asia Atul Keshap arrived here on Saturday on a four-day official visit to discuss bilateral issues and regional matters. During his visit, Keshap will meet with the ‘national leadership’, civil society leaders…
Dhaka – Washington has assured Dhaka of its full support to implement the national strategy adopted to address the issue of refugees and undocumented Myanmar nationals in Bangladesh. The assurance came during a meeting between Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque…
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and opposition protesters have agreed to an early presidential poll before the end of the year.
US President Barack Obama will meet exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Friday, US officials say.
Geneva – A new United Nations report has found that crimes against humanity are occurring in North Korea and calls for an international tribunal to investigate and hold perpetrators to account, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. The report, by a…
New Delhi – India’s Parliament has approved a plan to create a 29th state following days of political mayhem, including a melee in which a lawmaker unleashed pepper spray on his colleagues. Members of groups opposed to the division of…
At least 17 protesters have been killed in renewed clashes with police in central Kiev after a truce agreed on Wednesday broke down, eyewitnesses say.