Jashim Uddin re-elected BPGMEA president
Md Jashim Uddin has been re-elected as the president of Bangladesh Plastic Goods Manufacturers and Exporters Association for 2015-2016 session, said a BPGMEA press release on Tuesday.
Legal action against writers who hurts religion: minister
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday warned that legal actions would be taken if anyone hurts religion through writing.
Citizens call for constitution reform commission
Eminent citizens on Tuesday called for a commission to reform the constitution and to activate the constitutional institutions for the sake of democracy in the country. They made the demand at a roundtable on ‘control and balance of power for democracy’ arranged by ‘Udbigna Nagarik Samaj’ at BRAC Centre in the city.
The three tigers were poisoned: forest dept
Three adult Royal Bengal Tigers were poisoned to death by poachers at the Sundarbans in last three months, claimed an investigation report of the forest department in the wake of the recovery of three tiger hides on Sunday.
WAR CRIMES: Siraj to die, Akram gets imprisonment till death
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Tuesday handed down death sentence to Sirajul Haque alias Siraj Master and awarded imprisonment till death to Khan Akram Hossain of Bagerhat for crimes against humanity they had committed during the country’s war of independence in 1971. The three-member tribunal pronounced the judgement against the duo in a crowded courtroom in the capital’s old High Court building amid tight security.
Donald Trump on Megyn Kelly: 'She should really be apologizing to me'
Donald Trump said Monday that Fox News anchor and debate moderator Megyn Kelly should be the one apologizing to him, and not the other way around.
Why Nigeria's plans for a dream Eldorado city are not radical enough
The government of the state of Lagos -- Nigeria's former capital -- has proudly proclaimed it is building a new city that will become the new financial center of Nigeria, and perhaps West Africa. The scale of the Eko Atlantic project is immense and progress is being achieved through a team effort between investors, planners, engineers and contractors.
Venezuela's disastrous course
For a fleeting few years the South American nation of Venezuela and its histrionic late President Hugo Chavez made waves on the global stage. While he upended the country's economy and exploited class conflict at home, he blamed the world's woes on the U.S., insulted the American president at the United Nations, and exhorted other leftists in the region to challenge the prevailing economic model and follow his path to "21st century socialism."
ISIS claims suicide bombing in central Iraqi city of Baquba that kills at least 30
A suicide car bomb ripped through a busy outdoor market Monday night near the Iraqi city of Baquba, killing at least 30 people and wounding 40 others, police and health officials said.
Meet Alphabet - Google's new parent company
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin will run Alphabet -- Page as CEO and Brin as president.
