India stalls water sharing talks for eight years
India has kept talks on sharing of water of common rivers with Bangladesh stalled for over eight years holding back the signing of interim agreements on Teesta and Feni rivers and making negotiations on five more rivers uncertain.
Teesta unlikely to get priority
Signing of an interim agreement on sharing of Teesta River waters is unlikely go get prominence in the talks between Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her India counterpart Narendra Modi at Shantiniketan of West Bengal on Friday.
Eight more ‘drug peddlers’ killed
Eight more suspected drug peddlers were killed in reported incidents of ‘gunfight’ in Rangpur, Kushtia, Comilla, Gaibandha, Lalmonirhat, Thakurgaon and Jamalpur early Wednesday as law enforcement agencies continued crackdown on drugs.
Khaleda now falls sick from insect bites in jail: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday claimed that the party’s imprisoned chairperson Khaleda Zia had fallen sick again, this time from insect bites in her prison cell.
Draft of maiden gold policy okayed
The cabinet committee on economic affairs on Wednesday okayed the draft of the first-ever gold policy aiming at streamlining the local market and easing the import and export of the precious metal.
Pessimism mounts ahead of historic Trump-Kim nuclear summit
President Donald Trump's spur-of-the-moment decision to agree to a face-to-face meeting with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un represented an unprecedented opportunity, but also a huge risk, most recently highlighted by a case of cold feet on both sides.
Trump casts doubt on June summit with Kim
The historic diplomatic encounter planned for three weeks from now between President Donald Trump and North Korean despot Kim Jong Un appeared in doubt on Tuesday as Trump questioned whether preparations could be completed in time.
Duke and Duchess of Sussex make first appearance since royal wedding
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex on Tuesday made their first public appearance since they were married Saturday in a star-studded ceremony watched by millions around the world.
Philip Roth, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, dies at 85
Philip Roth, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and uncompromising realist who wrote about male lust, Jewish life and America died Tuesday night at a hospital in New York.
Five more ‘drug peddlers’ killed in ‘gunfights’
As the nationwide drive against drugs continues, five more suspected drug peddlers were killed in ‘gunfights’ in Comilla, Jamalpur, Kushtia and Gaibandha on Wednesday.
