Nation set to observe Amar Ekushey
The nation will observe Amar Ekushey paying homage to the martyrs of the language movement of 1952 a minute after midnight past today by placing flowers standing in solemn silence for a while at Shaheed Minars across the country amid beefed up security
We’ve nothing to do if BNP skips polls: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said that the government had nothing to do if any party skipped the next general elections. ‘The next general elections will be held on time in accordance with the constitution.
3 mobile cos launch 4G service
Three mobile phone operators— Grameenphone, Robi and Banglalink— on Monday launched 4G mobile phone services on a limited scale after receiving licences from the telecom regulator.
KHALEDA CONVICTION Certified copy of verdict released
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s lawyers began preparing appeal against her sentence and petition for her bail in Zia Orphanage Trust case on Monday after getting the certified copy of judgement, pronounced 11 days ago jailing her for five years.
Gas prices to go up again
Gas prices are set to increase at least twice this year with effect from April and October as 28.32 million cubic metre of pricy natural gas would be added to the daily national supply from imported Liquefied Natural Gas in two phases.
Exclusive: Mueller's interest in Kushner grows to include foreign financing efforts
Washington (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's interest in Jared Kushner has expanded beyond his contacts with Russia and now includes his efforts to secure financing for his company from foreign investors during the presidential transition, according to people familiar with the inquiry
US show of force sends Russia a message in Black Sea
Washington (CNN)The US Navy is ramping up its presence in the Black Sea as part of a bid to counter Russia's increased presence there, a US military official tells CNN.
School shooter's past includes buying guns, cutting, slurs and mental illness
(CNN)As investigators track the gun purchases of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz, dozens of students and staff from the site of the massacre will board buses late Tuesday, bound for the state capital.
'Sadistic' UK academic sentenced to 32 years in prison for pedophilia
(CNN)A British university researcher has been sentenced to 32 years in prison for a litany of "warped and sadistic" crimes, including blackmail and sexual exploitation.
New Kurdish alliance complicates relationship with US
(CNN)Syria's long and messy civil war just got more complicated.Adding to the country's many rival factions, a new alliance appears to have been forged between pro-government forces and Kurdish militias.
