BNP’s decision over contesting 3 city polls depends on Gazipur poll: Moudud
Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s standing committee member Moudud Ahmed on Saturday said the party’s final decision over participating in Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barisal city elections would depend on Gazipur city poll scheduled to be held on June 26.
If AL not voted to power, you are to blame
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday sounded warning that the grassroots leaders and activists of Awami League would be responsible if they failed to persuade people to cast their votes in favour of the party in the next general elections.
Death stalks roads, highways
At least 38 people were killed and 111 injured in road accidents in 12 districts across the country on Saturday, with experts blaming so many casualties in a single day on lax monitoring by the authorities and exhaustion of drivers from long hours at the steering wheel.
BGB deployed in Gazipur ahead of city polls
A total of 29 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh members have been deployed in Gazipur city ahead of the city corporation elections.
68 years after the Korean War, hundreds of US families are still searching for closure
(CNN)As a child, Ruth Hebert would run on the beach at the edge of the Pacific and look to the horizon knowing her father was out there, somewhere.Growing up, she knew the word "Korea" before she even understood what it meant.
'Game of Thrones' stars Kit Harington and Rose Leslie are married
(CNN)It was a match made in Westeros when "Game of Thrones" actors Kit Harington and Rose Leslie tied the knot Saturday in Aberdeen, Scotland.Several co-stars were in attendance, including Emilia Clarke, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams and Peter Dinklage.
Turkey elections: Polls open in tough challenge for Erdogan
Istanbul, Turkey (CNN)Polls have opened across Turkey in a snap vote as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces his biggest electoral threat in 15 years of rule.
2 arrested in gang rape of anti-trafficking activists in India; police hunt for others
New Delhi (CNN)Six men have been accused of rape in connection with a gang rape this week of five female anti-trafficking workers in a village in eastern India, police told CNN on Saturday.
Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand PM, names new baby Neve
Auckland, New Zealand (CNN)New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford have revealed the name of their baby girl, who was born Thursday. Ardern is the first world leader in nearly 30 years to have a child while in office.
Eid travellers stream out of capital
A huge number of people left the capital on Wednesday, with inter-district bus, train and launch terminals witnessing rush as Eid-ul-Fitr is just around the corner.
