Govt’s goal to ensure development in democratic environment: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said ensuring the country’s economic development through creating a democratic environment and ensuring people’s right to vote and food is her government’s goals.
SC extends time to dispose Khaleda’s appeal till Oct 31
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday extended time till October 31 to dispose an appeal filed by Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia in in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
DEATH OF TWO STUDENTS IN ACCIDENT IN CAPITAL Protests bring traffic to a halt
Students of different educational institutions, including Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College, blocked the capital’s Airport Road for nearly six hours Monday, protesting at the deaths of two of their fellows in a road accident at Kurmitola on Sunday.
Rajshahi polls mired in irregularities
Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party mayoral candidate in Rajshahi Mossaddique Hossain Bulbul staged a sit-in at a polling station protesting at ousting or barring his polling agents from polling stations and other irregularities that mired the Rajshahi city polls on Monday.
My resignation no solution: Shajahan
Shipping minister Shajahan Khan on Monday said that his resignation was no solution to traffic accidents as his remarks over deaths of two students in Kurmitola bus accident on Sunday sparked huge criticism on social media and street protests in Dhaka.
RAB arrests three JMB people
The Rapid Action Battalion on has arrested three members of banned extremist outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh at places in Dhaka
Chinese company recalls tainted heart medicine from stores worldwide
(CNN)A medicine manufacturer in China is undertaking an international recall of active substances used in a commonly-used heart medicine which were found to contain traces of a dangerous carcinogen, the government announced Sunday
Sexual abuse 'endemic' in international aid sector, damning report finds
London (CNN)Sexual abuse of vulnerable women and girls by international aid workers is "endemic" and has been happening for years, with perpetrators easily moving around the sector undetected, according to a damning UK government report published Tuesday
WaPo: New indicators show North Korea potentially working on missiles
Washington (CNN)New indicators, including satellite images, show that North Korea could be in the midst of building new missiles, the Washington Post reported Monday, citing officials familiar with the intelligence
Carr Fire in California is so hot it's creating its own weather system
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire. It has scorched an area bigger than the size of Denver.
