A Turkish plane carrying 56 people crashed Friday as it was preparing to land in the southwestern province of Isparta, the CNN-Turk news channel reported. [Read more]

The United States Thursday called President Pervez Musharraf’s plan to lift emergency rule on December 16 an “essential step” to steering Pakistan back toward democracy but said he must still take more. [Read more]

The United States on Thursday presented the UN Security Council with a draft resolution backing the US-sponsored Annapolis conference decision to relaunch the Mideast peace process. [Read more]

Australian prime minister-elect Kevin Rudd said Friday he would pull the country’s 550 combat troops out of Iraq by the middle of next year, marking a significant shift in Canberra’s role in the conflict. [Read more]

Iraqis whose lives are at risk for having worked with the US authorities in their war torn homeland soon will be able to apply for asylum in the United States, a senior State Department official said Thursday. [Read more]

Tanvir Mokammel has recently made a film about Tajuddin Ahmed, a Bangladeshi statesman who was brutally killed on November 3rd, 1975. [Read more]

The U.S. and Bangladesh military have stepped up efforts to get relief supplies to victims of cyclone Sidr which wiped out entire villages and killed thousands. [Read more]

Bangladesh is seeking five lakh metric tons of rice from the international community as assistance for tackling any possible food crisis in the country because of the recent spate of floods and the cyclone. [Read more]

Bangladesh Election Commission met with the Workers Party of Bangladesh at the Election Commission Secretariat on Tuesday to talk about electoral reforms. [Read more]

The extortion case filed against detained Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina and two others will be tried at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban beginning wednesday. [Read more]