Natwar Singh hits back at critics

PTI, New Delhi :Hitting back, veteran Congress leader Natwar Singh Wednesday said those attacking him over his autobiography were “petty people” and felt it would...

A Palestinian woman holds her face in her hands as she sits on the rubble of her destroyed house after returning to Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Strip.

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From fruit basket to scorched earth, Gaza town changed by war

Reuters, Gaza :The stench of rotting animal carcasses was in the air as 10-year-old Ahmed al-Kafarna picked through the debris of his Gaza home after...

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Only one man’s voice counts, Speaker partial towards BJP: Rahul

Zee Media Bureau, New Delhi :Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s uncharacteristic display of aggression in Lok Sabha on Wednesday over no debate on rising communal...

Volunteers prepare to remove the bodies of people who were suspected of contracting Ebola and died in the community in the village of Pendebu, north of Kenema.

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Bodies dumped in streets as West Africa struggles to curb Ebola

Relatives of Ebola victims in Liberia defied government orders and dumped infected bodies in the streets as West African governments struggled to enforce tough measures...

Editorial

People’s confidence in banking system must be restored

ANOMALIES and irregularities in the state owned Sonali and BASIC banks have mired the banking sector for the last three years following the collapse of...

Editorial

The passengers were unlawfully killed— killers must not escape punishment

PASSENGER launch accident in our inland waterways is becoming a regular phenomenon in recent years, especially during the festival time. The latest tragedy of the...

Relatives mourning the deaths of the victims of the ill-fated launch capsized in Padma River on Monday. This photo was taken from the Mawa Ghat site on Tuesday.

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Padma launch tragedy / Relatives want bodies, arrest of owner

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) filed a murder case against six people, including the owner of the launch capsized in Padma River on Monday....

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Journalists term new Broadcasting Policy as black law

Journalists on Tuesday termed the newly approved Broadcasting Policy-2014 as “black law” for the media. They also set fire to the copies of the draft...

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Padma launch capsize / Highway blocked

The relatives of the people, who were feared dead in the Padma launch capsize, blocked the Dhaka-Mawa Highway near Mawa Ghat in Lauhajang upazila on...

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Individuals, not parties, should be tried for crimes: Rapp

US Ambassador at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen J Rapp on Tuesday said no political party or organization should be tried for crimes against humanity...

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