• A pointer to deteriorating law and order
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  • Win’s win-win formula a recipe for fascism
  • Will BUET fall?
  • Change of attitude for better health care
  • Call renewed for trial of offenders
  • 2 electrocuted in Chittagong
  • Stalin not a bad word in Russia any longer
  • Uttam Kumar still inspiring for Dhaliwood stars
  • Tigers take on Scotland today
  • Bangladesh flag hoisted in Olympic Village
  • Humayun Ahmed made me a star: Abdul Kuddus Boyati
  • Bangladesh wants GSP facility from Russia for 57 products
  • 25 foreign missions miss export targets in FY 2012
  • Arabs back global probe over Arafat poison claim
  • Abul goes, finally
  • House committee members threaten to resign
  • Flooding may worsen in north
  • Philippines urged to unite on China
  • Tens of thousands pay tearful tributes
  • Govt asked to maintain status quo at Korail slums
  • 15 Chhatra Front activists injured in BCL attack
  • Abul’s exit hints govt wants review
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Arabs back global probe over Arafat poison claim

Arab officials meeting in Doha have approved an international probe into Yasser Arafat’s death, after a report said he may have been poisoned, senior Palestinian official Saeb Erakat said. Full story

Philippines urged to unite on China

The Philippine president, Benigno Aquino, urged all Filipinos on Monday to unite in sending a message to China over a territorial row, insisting his country would not give in to its more powerful neighbour. Full story

Iraq allows in Syrian refugees in change of heart

The prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, on Monday instructed Iraq’s security forces and Red Crescent to allow in Syrian refugees and provide them with support, reversing an earlier decision. Full story

Indian stars accused of misusing top Muslim shrine

The head of one of the most important Muslim shrines in India has complained about Bollywood stars misusing the site to pray for their ‘sinful’ films to be commercially successful. Full story

Top Indian female revolutionary dies aged 97

Top Indian female revolutionary Lakshmi Sehgal, who fought Allied forces during Second World War, died on Monday following a heart attack, a doctor said. She was 97. Full story

Pakistan offers protection to Afghan elopers

A Pakistani court on Monday ordered police to protect an Afghan couple who eloped and fear being murdered by the bride’s furious relatives. Hewad, 22, and Mariyam Marjman fled Kabul last month to marry for love in the... Full story

India probe alleges govt coal scam

Indian investigators believe 12 firms were given ‘undue favours’ by the government when it let them mine coal without making them bid for the rights, a newspaper report said Monday. Full story

Protests as US Osprey aircraft arrive in Japan

The US military’s Osprey aircraft arrived in Japan Monday as residents rallied against their deployment after recent crashes raised safety concerns. Live television footage showed the MV-22s being unloaded from... Full story

Four killed in Spanish wildfires

Hundreds of firefighters, backed by water bombing planes, battled a wind-fueled wildfire in northeast Spain Monday that left four French nationals dead and trapped thousands indoors. Full story

Anger in Beijing as record rains kill 37

Beijing residents expressed fury on Monday after the worst rains to hit the Chinese capital in more than 60 years left at least 37 people dead, with another seven still missing. Full story

Obama consoles US massacre victims, survivors

The US president, Barack Obama, paid emotional tribute Sunday to the victims and survivors of the Aurora cinema massacre, as the shaken US town held a tearful vigil for the 12 dead filmgoers. Full story

Simplicity on Ramadan menu for crisis-hit Sudan

Simplicity is on the menu for Sudanese Muslims breaking the daytime fast during the holy month of Ramadan this year, as months of rising prices have forced them to scrimp in the face of an economic crisis. Full story


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