Candidates Thursday applied to run in Bangladesh's local elections due Aug. 4, the first since the army-backed interim government took over in January last year and a major step ahead of a national vote at year-end.
The government, headed by former (...)
Anxious relatives lined a
river bank as rescuers searched the waters Thursday for up
to 170 people missing from a ferry that capsized during a
storm in central Bangladesh, killing at least 31 people,
police and officials said.
Strong currents (...)
