Protesters rally in Bangladesh to demand fresh elections

Tens of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh's largest opposition group have assembled in Dhaka to oppose the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led administration and call for fresh elections.

Temple, homes and shops of Hindus vandalised in Bangladesh

Dhaka: A temple, shops and several houses of the Hindu community have been vandalised in southwestern Bangladesh by some unidentified people over a Facebook post allegedly belittling Islam, in the latest spate of violence targeting the religious...

A post-graduate student from Hyderabad was shot at in a Chicago neighbourhood last week. Mohammad Akbar (30), a computer science student at DeVry University, was shot at and admitted to the Illinois Mason Medical Centre, his family members said,...



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