New York, June 7 : The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the caretaker government in Bangladesh to end its political witch-hunt immediately.

Criticising the recent wave of mass, arbitrary arrests under the Emergency Power Rules, Human Rights Watch said the thousands who were detained, should be either charged on the basis of credible evidence of criminal activities or immediately released.

It said that the timing and targets of the arrests are a dead giveaway that they are politically motivated.

Dhaka  - The toll of death from an exploding gas cylinder in a tourist hotel in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka rose to two while several others admitted to a local hospital were listed as critical, o

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Stockholm  - Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen has arrived in Sweden where she has been offered a safe haven, the Upsala Nya Tidning reported Monday.

Dhaka  - An explosion and fire that tore through a hotel room injured about 500 people in central Dhaka, police and witnesses said Monday.

Dhaka, June 2 : At least 45 people were i