Govt steps urged to end repression of women, children
Politicians, academics and professionals on Friday at a discussion meeting in the capital expressed concern over increasing number of incidents of repressions of women and children in the country.
Paint walls to beautify buildings
Dhaka north city mayor said on Friday that there were no legal billboards in the city and that the city corporation would dismantle all those unauthorised hoardings, soon.
Garlic price rises further
The price of garlic witnessed a further rise in the city’s kitchen markets over the week ending Friday.
No headway in reclaiming grabbed JnU halls
The Jagannath University authority has yet to make any headway in reclaiming 10 of the 12 dormitories from illegal occupants while students are forced to live at rented places on their own taking financial burden on them.
India: Two children, man dead after sharp kite strings slit throats
Sharp kite strings have killed three people in India in a single day, according to police.
Donald Trump's 27-day spiral: From convention bounce to campaign overhaul
Twenty-seven days after his coronation in Cleveland and post-convention bounce, Donald Trump's prospects appear to be dwindling -- a precipitous decline he sought to reverse on Wednesday with a major shakeup of top campaign staff.
US: North Korea shrinks warning time for nuclear attack on America
The US government is increasingly concerned that advances in North Korea's weapons program have dramatically decreased the warning time for a nuclear attack on America or its allies, according to US officials.
Inside Syria's prisons, where an estimated 17,723 have died since 2011
The beatings would begin as soon as they were arrested, and they continued at a "welcome party" at the detention center.
Four gas cos stop paying VAT again
Four major state-owned gas distribution companies have again stopped paying value-added tax and supplementary duty collected by them from their consumers on the prices of gas after paying the taxes for few months in 2015 though the companies have dues of Tk 13,278 crore to the National Board of Revenue, officials said.
BB, Fed, Swift to gear up efforts to recover $81m theft fund
Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday said that New York Federal Reserve Bank, BB and SWIFT would work together to gear up efforts for recovering the US$ 81 million fund stolen from the BB’s Fed Reserve account that was laundered into the Philippines.
