Anti-government protesters and police clash in Romania
A large anti-government protest in Romania's capital, Bucharest, turned violent as demonstrators and police clashed, state media reported, leaving many in need of medical care.
V.S. Naipaul, Nobel-winning novelist, dies at 85
Nobel Prize-winning novelist V.S. Naipaul, who was born in Trinidad but lived most of his life in England, died in his London home Saturday, Britain's Press Association reported, citing Naipaul's wife.
How a currency meltdown in Turkey threatens Europe
Worries over a fragile Turkish economy and the risk of contagion in Europe unnerved investors on Friday and sent the lira to a record low against the US dollar.
Pvt health facilities getting away with anomalies
Minimal action from time to time and lax monitoring by the authorities concerned did little or nothing to stop the unbridled malpractices by private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres across the country.
323 prominent activists, artistes, academics call for Shahidul’s immediate release
Three hundred and twenty three nationally and internationally renowned activists, artistes and academics have called for immediate release of acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam and other road safety protesters.
BNP’s Arif wins Sylhet mayoral race
Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s Ariful Haque Chowdhury has won the Sylhet mayoral race securing 6,201 votes more than his main
Many home-goers go back without ticket after waiting in long queues
Several hundred Eid-time home-goers on Saturday had to go back without advance train tickets from capital’s Kamalapur Railway Station after waiting in queues for several hours.
8 more students killed in road accidents since Kurmitola accident
One more school student was killed in a road accident on Saturday in Feni as deaths of students in road accidents continued despite countrywide student outburst for safe road following deaths of two of their fellows in a bus crash at Kurmitola in Dhaka city on July 29.
Anarchy on Dhaka streets returns
Anarchy on Dhaka city streets returned amidst ongoing traffic week programme the Dhaka Metropolitan Police have taken in the face of school and college students’ protests for road safety and against anarchy in the transport sector.
22 private university students land in jail
Dhaka metropolitan magistrate’s court on Thursday sent 22 private university students to jail after they were interrogated for two days in police custody in two cases filed with Badda and Bhatara police stations allegedly for ‘attacking police’ during Monday’s demonstrations demanding road safety.
