The deadly clashes that are a fact of daily life in Syria have now bled into Lebanon, where a series of sectarian shootouts this week are raising fears that a period of relative calm for the country may be nearing an end. Syria has dominated Lebanon’s political scene for much of its post-independence history — [...]
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has agreed on “an approach” to ending the bloodshed in Syria, Kofi Annan, the joint U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, said Monday. While he gave no details, Annan said after meeting with al-Assad in Damascus that he will share the approach with the armed opposition. Annan also said al-Assad “reassured me [...]
Before dawn, the line of parents trying to comfort their sick children stretched around the Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh. Dozens of children waited their turn for treatment. It is the normal daily routine here, especially during the rainy season when mosquito-borne illnesses are most prevalent. But over the past four [...]
The Middletons had a girls’ day out at the men’s final at Wimbledon today. Duchess Kate and her ultra popular sister Pippa sat front row in the royals box (yes, it really exists) at the London event Sunday. Prince William was unable to make the event because of a prior engagement, so it was just [...]
Celebrities took their A games to Paris this week to sit front row at the most glamorous fashion shows of the year. From black leather to baby blue suede, there was no shortage of stylish moments. Diane Kruger looked oh-so-Parisian in her tilted cap and flared Chanel dress while Clemence Poesy blew us away at [...]
International Crimes Tribunal-2 fixed July 15 to pass an order on a petition of Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed seeking review of the indictment order for his alleged involvement with crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Liberation War. The three-member tribunal led by its Chairman Justice ATM Fazle Kabir fixed the date around [...]
Five people were killed and four injured in two road accidents in Rajshahi and Sirajganj on Monday. In Rajshahi, two SSC candidates were killed and three injured when a recklessly driven truck crushed them under its wheel on Dhaka-Rajshahi Highway in Putia upazila. Locals managed to catch trucker Toufiqul Islam Rony immediately after the accident [...]
Thousands of students of National University (NU) on Monday laid siege to the university campus demanding initiatives to reduce the session jam. About 3000 students of different colleges in Dhaka city thronged the campus around 10:00am and laid the siege. At one stage, they also tried to block the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway. But police foiled their [...]
Finance Minister AMA Muhith will sit with development partners Monday afternoon to brief them government’s steps about the graft allegations raised by the World Bank in the Padma bridge project. The Economic Relations Division (ERD) of the finance ministry has called a special meeting of the Local Consultative Group (LCG) at the National Economic Council [...]
At least 20 people, including three policemen, were injured as land subsidence affected villagers around Barapukuria Coal Mine Company Ltd (BCMCL) in Dinajpur clashed with police on Monday. Witnesses said 2,000 affected people of 10 villages thronged in front of the mine entrance around 11:00am demanding disbursement of the full amount of money granted under [...]