AUGUST 21 GRENADE ATTACK: No justice yet
Victims and victim families are still crying for justice for the August 21, 2004 grenade attack on an Awami League rally as two cases for the attack are still pending with a tribunal while the plotters are yet to be identified.
B’desh makes no headway in offshore exploration
Bangladesh has yet to explore its vast offshore areas in the Bay of Bengal and keeps a huge quantity of potential resources including hydrocarbons and fish out of the country’s economy in the process.
RAMPAL THERMAL PLANT: Nat’l committee prepares for a grand rally in Dhaka on Nov 26
National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports will hold a grand rally in Dhaka on November 26, if the government does not back off from executing the coal-fired Rampal power plant by November 23.
200 LP gas cylinders explode in Bogra
Around 200 liquefied petroleum gas cylinders of Padma Oil Company Limited exploded during unloading the cylinders from trucks at Sujabad of Shahzadpur in Bogra on Saturday.
Kamal Hossain teams up GM Quader, Md Shahidullah and others to float new forum
A new forum named ‘Jatiya Oikya Prokriya’ was floated on Saturday, headed by Gana Forum president Kamal Hossain, aiming to unite the nation on 14 basic and nationally important issues.
Trump pitches black voters: 'What the hell do you have to lose?'
Donald Trump on Friday continued his outreach to African-American voters, presenting them with a stark question: "What the hell do you have to lose?"
Why are the burqa and burkini being banned?
Burqas and the swimwear equivalent, burkinis are under more scrutiny in Europe this summer. Germany has announced plans to ban full-face veils in some circumstances, while in a small number of French towns burkinis were banned on beaches.
Images of Omran and Alan reveal so much of Syrian horror
Omran Daqneesh is among the lucky ones -- rescued alive after his home was turned to rubble in a bombing.
What parents in Aleppo tell their children about war
I try very hard to explain to my kids, especially those who were born after the war began, what is going on around them, but it's not easy.
Gazipur knitting factory catches fire
A knitting factory at Chandra in Gazipur caught fire early Saturday and was brought under control after four and a half hours of the incident.
