2 siblings found dead in city apartment
A 14-year-old girl and her six-year-old brother were found dead at their house at Banasree in the capital on Monday.
BB to set base rate for bank loan interest
Bangladesh Bank is going to introduce a base rate system for scheduled banks to ensure transparency in setting rates of interest on different credit products by banks.
Curtain falls on Ekushey book fair
Curtains fell on the month-long Amar Ekushey book fair on Monday with a large number of book lovers crowding the fair.
JAN 11 CHANGEOVER : MPs for probe commission
Lawmakers of the ruling Awami League and its coalition partners on Sunday demanded that a commission should be formed to investigate the January
First on CNN: U.S. student detained in North Korea confesses to 'hostile act'
North Korea has allowed the world to get its first glimpse of Otto Frederick Warmbier, an American student at the University of Virginia, two months after his arrest.
Modernise train services, curb corruptions, say left politicians
Politicians, mass transport experts and railway trade union leaders in the city on Sunday called on the Awami League-led government to take steps to improve the quality of train services and modernise the sub-sector.
Baghdad market bombings kill 28; ISIS claims responsibility
Two blasts rocked a busy outdoor market in eastern Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 28 people.
PM lays foundation stones of 10 economic zones
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday laid the foundation stones of 10 economic zones, the first of its kind in the country, as she sought cooperation of the local people to set up those zones fast to build a prosperous Bangladesh.
Iran election: Reformists poised to win parliamentary seats, ministry says
Preliminary results in Iran's first major election since last year's landmark nuclear deal show reformists poised to take all 30 seats up for grabs in the capital, Tehran, the country's Interior Ministry says.
ABM Musa remembered
Academics, senior journalists and representatives from various professions on Sunday said that the nation now needed people like veteran journalist ABM Musa who was fearless in telling the truth and stood by the people with dissent opinions.
