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District watch in pictures: BARISAL: Participant journalists at the annual general meeting of Barisal Reporters’ Unity on Saturday.

26 Jan 2015, 12:00 am0

BARISAL: Participant journalists at the annual general meeting of Barisal Reporters' Unity on Saturday.

Ukrainians ready to fight: Russia vows troops will stay

Russia has vowed its troops will remain in Ukraine to protect Russian interests and citizens until the political situation has been “normalised”.Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia was defending human rights against “ultra-nationalist threats”.Russia is now in de facto military control of the Crimea region, despite Western condemnation of a “violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty”.Ukraine has ordered full mobilisation to counter the military intervention.No shots have been fired and no treaties signed but Crimea is now de facto under Russian armed...

4 Mar 2014, 12:00 am