Poachers get ready as bird hunting season begins
Bird poachers’ network across the country became active with the advent of hunting season, said worried ornithologists and wildlife crime controllers.
New poll shows Clinton over Trump by double-digits
Hillary Clinton has a 12-point lead over Donald Trump and has reached 50% support nationally among likely voters, a new ABC News tracking poll shows.
British banker pleads not guilty to murder of 2 Indonesian women
A former British banker has pleaded not guilty to the murders of two Indonesian women in Hong Kong.
Mosul offensive: ISIS kills hundreds of men and boys, Iraqi source says
ISIS rounded up and killed 284 men and boys as Iraqi-led coalition forces closed in on Mosul, the terror group's last major stronghold in Iraq, an Iraqi intelligence source told CNN.
Philippines not really severing ties with US, Duterte says
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has clarified his comments that seemed to call for a split from the United States, saying he was advocating a "separation of foreign policy" rather than "a severance of ties."
Somali pirates free 26 hostages after nearly 5 years in captivity, group says
Somali pirates have released 26 hostages after nearly five years in captivity, according to an organization involved in mediation efforts.
Hasina AL president, Obaidul gen secy
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been re-elected president of the Awami League unopposed for the eighth time in a row as the ruling party concluded its 20th national council sessions on Sunday.
AL councillors for narrowing gap between leaders, activists
Many councillors in the second-day council session of the ruling Awami League on Sunday demanded evaluating activists properly, narrowing the gap between leaders and activists and stopping lawmakers’ influence over rutine party activities to further strengthen the party.
Overlap among police units, agencies: Rivalry, infighting cause tension
Duties of different units of the police are overlapping other units and government agencies, causing professional rivalry, infighting and tensions between the units and agencies.
BNP greets Hasina, Quader
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir congratulated Sheikh Hasina and Obaidul Quader as they were elected as the ruling Awami League’s president and general secretary, respectively, Sunday afternoon.
