Palestinian president leaves Dhaka
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas left Dhaka for home on Friday afternoon wrapping up his three-day official visit to Bangladesh.
Myanmar army killed, raped, torched houses in Rohingya cleansing: UN
Myanmar’s security forces committed mass killings and gang rape of Rohingya Muslims and burned their villages since last October in a campaign that probably amounted to crimes against humanity and possibly ‘ethnic cleansing’, the UN human ..
Eight killed as truck ploughs through crowd
At least eight pilgrims were killed and seven were injured as a truck ploughed through a crowd gathered in Alutila tourist area under Matiranga in Khagrachari to join the funeral programme of a Buddhist monk on Friday.
Journalist killed in intra-AL clash in Sirajganj
A journalist of Samakal died on Friday, hours after he along with two others received bullet wounds during an intra-party clash of ruling Awami League at Shahzadpur upazila in Sirajganj on Thursday.
President Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court
President Donald Trump will nominate Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, Trump announced Tuesday night at the White House.
Daughter of Anwar Al-Awlaki reported killed in Yemen raid
Nawar Anwar Al-Awlaki, the 8-year-old daughter of former al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in a joint American-UAE raid against the terror group Sunday, according to the girl's family.
Thousands of Rohingya refugees may be sent to remote island
A plan to send thousands of Rohingya refugees to an isolated island that is often submerged in water is "terrible and crazy," a Bangladeshi government official told CNN Tuesday.
Donald Trump's early crisis
President Donald Trump begins his 11th day in office shrouded in crisis, roundly criticized for a chaotic unveiling of immigration measures and under new scrutiny after he fired the nation's top law enforcement officer who refused to enforce them.
Search committee shortlists 20 names
The search committee for the Election Commission on Tuesday made a shortlist of 20 names from 125 names proposed by 28 political parties including the ruling Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Four suspected extremists held in city
Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested four suspected extremists at Daniya in the city's Jatrabari area early Wednesday.
