capital Dhaka after the murder of two foreigners A series of deadly attacks in Bangladesh has alarmed the international community – and there is little clarity on who carried out the attacks. BBC Bengali’s Akbar Hossain examines the key questions behind the killings. The shooting dead of two foreigners in recent weeks has raised new security questions in Bangladesh. ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: The Office for National Statistics says there were 6m jobs paying less than the living wage across the UK in 2014, of which more than half were part-time roles. The living wage, an independently set hourly rate, is based on the cost of living and is currently set at £7.85 outside London and £9.15 in the capital. ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah :: Conservative Friends of Bangladesh (CFOB) UK will this week lead a delegation of twenty three volunteers on a social action project in Bangladesh. The six-day mission, under the Project Shapla banner, will see the group working at a number of BRAC project sites in Dhaka as well as in Sylhet. Led by Conservative MP for St ...

Residents were recognised for the valuable commitment they make to society at the inaugural LGBT+ Heroes awards ceremony. Throughout the summer, dozens of Hero nominations were submitted by family members, friends, elected members, work colleagues and community leaders to showcase the contribution that their Heroes make in the borough. When introducing the winners, the mayor read out excerpts from their ...

Two shells have struck the Russian embassy compound in the Syrian capital Damascus as hundreds of pro-government supporters rallied outside in support of Russian air strikes. No-one was killed but a BBC Arabic correspondent in Damascus says some people were injured. The explosions triggered widespread panic and smoke was seen coming from the embassy compound. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov ...

Iran’s parliament has approved a deal on its nuclear programme agreed with six world powers, state media say. The deal was passed with 161 votes in favour, 59 against and 13 abstentions, the official IRNA news agency said. However, parliament insisted that international inspectors would have only limited access to military sites. The agreement, struck in July, authorises the lifting ...

Three Israelis have been killed and more than 20 injured in shooting and stabbing attacks in Jerusalem and central Israel, Israeli police say. Two were killed when two assailants, who were identified as Arabs, shot and stabbed passengers on a bus in Jerusalem before being shot by police. Another Israeli died after being run down and stabbed elsewhere in the ...

Amedy Coulibaly, the Paris gunman who murdered five people in two attacks in January, was sent instructions on the day of his first shooting, reports say. An email was found on his computer ordering him to “work alone” and “start again several times”, says BFMTV. Coulibaly shot dead a policewoman and then murdered four Jewish customers at a kosher supermarket ...

Germany is considering setting up “transit zones” on its borders, where migrants would be kept while their asylum claims are assessed. But Chancellor Angela Merkel said the proposal would only work in certain cases, and would “not help for thousands and thousands of refugees”. Her Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners oppose the idea. Thousands of protesters in the anti-immigration Pegida ...

Next month’s historic general election in Myanmar could be delayed, electoral officials and political parties say. A spokesman for the National League for Democracy told the BBC that parties met officials on Tuesday to discuss postponing the 8 November poll. The head of the election commission confirmed voting might be delayed because of “landslides and flooding”, but gave no further ...