Jamaat leader sentenced to death in Bangladesh
A top leader of Jamaat-e-Islami party was sentenced to death on Wednesday by a special tribunal in Bangladesh for crimes against humanity during the independence war against Pakistan in 1971. Abdus Subhan, in his early 80s, was sentenced by the three-member International Crimes Tribunal-2 in Dhaka,... read more »
More reforms on the anvil: Sushma
The new Indian government will unveil more reforms in the coming days, including in the forthcoming budget this month to woo foreign investment and make India a manufacturing destination, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has said. Addressing a gathering of the Indian diaspora here in the... read more »
Militants kill 4 Tunisian National Guards
Militants killed four members of the National Guard in the mountainous Kasserine region near the Algerian border, Tunisia’s Interior Ministry said on Wednesday. The brief statement blamed “terrorists” for the attack but gave no other details. Local radio added that the attack took place... read more »
Civilians recount `terrifying` attack on Myanmar aid convoy
Lashio: Civilians fleeing bloody clashes between government troops and ethnic rebels in northeastern Myanmar on Wednesday described crouching in terror as a hail of bullets flew around them in an attack on a local aid convoy that wounded two people.Around a hundred people came under fire as they... read more »
