• A welcome step
  • Blanket case could only compound Bhabadaha situation
  • The massacre at Houla and ongoing Syrian bloodshed
  • Law and order downslide
  • The 1 per cent’s problem
  • Tobacco control amendment law: please let it fly
  • Bold messages delivered through simple works
  • Swani brings Nazrul song with new music arrangement
  • Syria declares envoys persona non grata
  • Putin in China to cement key alliance
  • Inflation declines slightly to 9.15pc in May
  • Private sector credit growth drops further in April
  • Prime defeat opens three-way race
  • AFC turns down BFF appeal
  • Awareness underscored to address environment pollution
  • CMP urged to be more pro-people
  • Deputy speaker disallows flimsy use of point of order
  • Ghulam Azam seeks transfer of his case to ICT-2
  • MPs want HC judge removed in 3 days
  • Graft, plunder cripple economy: Khaleda
  • DU Pro VC, treasurer resign
  • Rental power critics are stupid or anti-state: Towfiq
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Syria declares envoys persona non grata

Syria’s government declared on Tuesday that the ambassadors and staff of several Western countries as well as Turkey were persona non grata while Syrian troops kept up their offensive against rebel strongholds... Full story

Putin in China to cement key alliance

Chinese president Hu Jintao and Russian president Vladimir Putin shake hands during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday. — AFP photo
Russian president Vladimir Putin met his Chinese counterpart Tuesday on a visit aimed at bolstering a crucial alliance, with the two neighbours set on blocking international action against Syria. Putin told Hu Jintao ties between the two nations had reached... Full story

Hungry people flee Sudan’s South Kordofan war

A gunfight outside a police station one year ago on Tuesday marked the start of a war that has forced increasing numbers of hungry people to flee Sudan’s South Kordofan and Blue Nile states. Full story

Queen wraps up jubilee festivities without Philip

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday wraps up four days of diamond jubilee celebrations but without her husband Prince Philip after he was hospitalised with a bladder infection. The festivities conclude with a ceremonial... Full story

Egyptians called to protest, reclaim their revolt

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, ride in the 1902 State Landau coach during a carriage procession from Westminster Hall to Buckingham Palace after attending a national service of thanksgiving to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in London on Tuesday. — AFP photo
Activists urged Egyptians to turn out for a big protest on Tuesday to reclaim a revolt they say has been hijacked after Hosni Mubarak was jailed for life but top security officials freed in a trial seen as a sign his old guard remain in charge. Although Mubarak was... Full story

Deaths confirmed on ground after Nigeria crash, toll now 157

Nigerian rescuers have confirmed the first deaths on the ground caused by a devastating plane crash in the country’s largest city, raising the toll to 157, an official said on Tuesday. The death toll rose after rescuers... Full story

Critics say Indian law on teenage sex ‘regressive’

India is raising the age of consent for sex to 18 under a new law seen by some children’s rights activists as being out of step with social changes and open to abuse. Under a provision in the Protection of Children... Full story

Liberal blogger stabbed in the Maldives

An outspoken Maldivian blogger known for his liberal views on religion was in intensive care on Tuesday after being stabbed by an attacker outside his home in the capital Male, the police said. Full story

Indian activists demand clean-up of Bhopal waste

Victims of India’s 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy met with home minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday and called for toxic waste from the pesticide factory site to finally be cleared up. Hundreds of residents, including survivors... Full story

Trinamool talks of separation after civic poll win

In a clear message to ally Congress, the Trinamool Congress on Tuesday said the civic poll results have demonstrated that the party has enough strength to rule West Bengal alone. Full story

Pakistan conducts fifth missile test in weeks

Pakistan on Tuesday tested a fifth nuclear-capable missile since India launched a new long-range weapon capable of hitting China just over six weeks ago. The Hatf VII cruise missile has a range of 700 kilometres... Full story

16 killed in Yemen Sunni-Shia clashes

At least 16 gunmen have been killed in three days of fighting between Shia Huthi rebels in north Yemen and Sunni Salafist extremists, according to claims by both sides on Tuesday. Full story

Gaddafi regime officials go on trial in Libya

A trial of former officials in Muammar Gaddafi’s regime opened in Libya on Tuesday, with ex-intelligence chief Bouzid Dorda the first to appear in the dock. Dorda sat caged off as a Tripoli court judge read out a long... Full story


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