COMILLA COVERED VAN BURNING Appellate Div decision on Khaleda’s bail today
The Appellate Division said Sunday that today it would give a decision on government’s petition seeking cancellation of bail granted to former prime minister and BNP chairman Khaleda Zia by the High Court Division in a case relating to burning a covered van at Chouddagra
PM orders limiting driving hrs to check fatal accidents
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday ordered agencies concerned to ensure drivers take rest after five hours of driving, alternative drivers for long distance transports and service centres by highways across the country to avoid fatal accidents
Eight killed in road accidents
At least six construction workers were killed and 28 others injured in separate road accidents in Kalihati and Ghatail upazilas of Tangail on Monday
Exclusive: Pompeo says no timeline on North Korea negotiations
Washington (CNN)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told CNN he would not put a timeline on negotiations with North Korea, but said the Trump administration will regularly assess the regime's seriousness about abandoning its nuclear program as the US moves toward normalizing relations with Pyongyang
Doctor in Spain faces court over Franco-era 'stolen babies'
Madrid (CNN)It was almost half a century ago that Ines Madrigal was born in Spain and handed to a woman who was not her mother.In all those years, she has seen no trace of her birth mother, nor any evidence that she was willingly given up for adoption.
These migrant parents no longer face charges. But they say the damage is done
(CNN)Miriam says she didn't have a chance to say a word to her 4-year-old son before he was taken from her at the US-Mexico border
India the most dangerous country to be a woman, survey shows
(CNN)India is the most dangerous country in the world to be a woman because of the high risk of sexual violence and slave labor, a new survey of experts shows
PM for not more than five hour driving on a stretch
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the concerned authorities to ensure proper execution of the provision of five-hour driving time of the transport drivers on national highways across Bangladesh.
SC order on Khaleda's bail in another Comilla case Tuesday
The Supreme Court on Monday fixed Tuesday for passing an order on a leave-to-appeal filed against a High Court order that granted bail to Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case over the arson attack in Comilla on February 3, 2015.
Steps taken to free Buriganga from pollutions: minister
Water resource minister Anwar Hossain Monju on Sunday told the parliament that the government had taken initiative to free Buriganga River from pollution through increasing water flow