Donald Trump stumbles on David Duke, KKK

Donald Trump stumbled into a racially charged controversy Sunday, saying in an interview on CNN that he didn't know enough to disavow former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke.

500 acres of PWD land occupied illegally

Over 500 acres of Public Works Department lands have been illegally occupied by different quarters.

Future Chinese skylines could look more uniform

Chinese architecture will now officially be less weird. A statement from China's State Council Sunday, says new guidelines on urban planning will forbid the construction of "bizarre" and "odd-shaped" buildings that are devoid of character or cultural heritage.

Dhaka to seek $3b from AIIB for infra projects

The government will soon seek loans worth nearly $3 billion from China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank for around two dozens of large and medium projects, a senior official of the finance ministry said.

Hillary Clinton: 'Tomorrow, this campaign goes national'

Hillary Clinton finally got her landslide -- and it could redefine the Democratic race for the White House.

National committee to declare tougher programme from Sunderbans march

Leaders of the national committee to protect oil, gas, mineral resources, power and ports at a protest rally in the city warned that they would announce tougher movements from a long march if the government does not back down from implementing coal-based Rampal Thermal Power Plant.

Ex-Mexican President Fox: Donald Trump reminds me of Hitle

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox on Friday kept up his withering criticism of Donald Trump, saying the GOP front-runner reminds him of Adolf Hitler.

UTTARA GAS EXPLOSION : Father follows sons in death

Another victim of the gas pipe leak explosion at Uttara died from his burn injuries Saturday afternoon, raising the death toll to three of a family in the incident that occurred Friday morning. Shah Newaz, 50, a maintenance engineer at US embassy in Dhaka, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital at around 5:45pm, the hospital burn unit resident surgeon Partha Sankar Paul told New Age.

Russia suspends airstrikes in some Syrian areas as truce goes into effect

The Russian military has halted airstrikes in areas of Syria as part of a cessation of hostilities agreement, state media reported Saturday. But sporadic violence between militants and some rebel groups was reported around the country -- although it appeared to have diminished significantly.

Abul’s right hand fingers, palm trimmed

Surgeons on Saturday trimmed the fingers and palm on the right hand of Abul Bajander. The trimming took place at Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s burn and plastic surgery department a week after root and bark-like warts were cut off from the fingers and palm on his right hand on February 20, said doctors.