MURDER CASES AGAINST KHALEDA: Court asks for police report by Oct 13

A metropolitan magistrate in Dhaka on Monday asked the police to submit report on a petition filed against Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and three other leaders over the killing of at least 42 people during non-stop blockade and general strikes by October 13.

ISIS exists because world ignored al-Assad in Syria, Turkish leader says

ISIS' existence is the result of international inaction against the Bahsar al-Assad regime, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Monday.

Most political parties yet to submit audit reports to EC

Most of the political parties including Awami League, BNP and Jatiya Party are yet to submit their audit reports for 2014 to the Election Commission when the last date for submitting the reports is July 31.

UGC to review private universities August 13

The University Grants Commission would hold a meeting on August 13 with boards of trustee and vice-chancellors of private universities for proper implementation of the Private University Act 2010 and an expeditious shifting of the private universities to their own campuses.

5 killed in landslide as rain wreaks havoc

At least five people were killed in landslides in Cox’s Bazar and at least 50 new villages went under water on Monday as the people of most of the areas in south-eastern region of the country continued to suffer because of heavy monsoons.

Bobbi Kristina Brown dies at 22

Two days before she was found face-down in the bathtub at her home outside Atlanta in January, it seemed like Bobbi Kristina Brown's career might have been picking up.

Hillary Clinton pushes renewable energy with focus on solar

Hillary Clinton pledged Sunday that as president she would put the United States on a path toward generating enough renewable energy to power every home in the country by 2027 - ten years after she would hypothetically take office.

Palestinian youths and Israeli police clash at al-Aqsa site

The site of the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, also known as the Temple Mount to Jews, became the focal point for a clash between Palestinian youths and Israeli police on Sunday.

Turkey calls for rare NATO talks after attacks along Syrian borde

NATO said Sunday that it would meet this week after Turkey called for special talks amid heightened concerns over its security.

Govt sets $33.5 billion export target for FY16

The government has set the export earning target at US$ 33.50 billion with a single digit year-on-year growth of 7.83 per cent for the current financial year 2015-16. Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed on Sunday announced the export target at the Export Promotion Bureau in the city.