Strong earthquake prompts tsunami threat message in Caribbean, Mexico
(CNN)The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said tsunami waves were possible for several countries in the Caribbean and Central America, as well as Mexico, after a magnitude-7.6 earthquake struck 27 miles (43 kilometers) off the coast of Honduras
Jeff Bezos is the richest person in history
Jeff Bezos is now the richest person of all time. That should put an Amazon smile on his face.The Amazon CEO's net worth reached $105.1 billion Monday, according to Bloomberg's billionaire tracker. That eclipses the record previously held by Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
Improve efficiency in technology to hunt down criminals: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked the police to achieve greater efficiency in technology to hunt down transnational organised criminals and those involved in money laundering, cybercrime and other crimes
DNCC BY-ELECTION BNP, allies to work for single mayoral candidate
The political alliance led by Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday decided to work together for a single candidate in the upcoming mayoral by-election to Dhaka North City Corporation
Mobile court to run operation until appeals’ settlement: SC
The operation of mobile court by the executive magistrate will continue until settlement of three appeals filed by the government against the HC verdict over the mobile court act. A five-member bench of the Appellate Division led by acting Chief Justice Abdul Wahhab Miah came up with the order on Tuesday.
BNP ‘shocked’ by president’s speech
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said that they were ‘shocked’ by the speech of President Abdul Hamid in parliament for it had ‘no mention of absence of democracy’ in the country
Govt orders closure of coaching centres during SSC exam
The education ministry on Monday ordered closure of all coaching centres from three days prior to beginning of Secondary School Certificate and its equivalent examinations till end of the test in a bid to check question leak
Mercury dips to country’s lowest
The lowest ever temperature of the country’s history was recorded at 2.6 degrees Celsius in Panchagarh on Monday, as a cold wave continued sweeping over the country
North Korea holds talks with South at the DMZ: Live updates
What we're covering here North Korea will send a team to Winter Olympics next month,Seoul says Representatives of North and South Korea are meeting face-to-face for the first time since December 2015
Cycle of shame: Harassed in the street, then again on social media
Lilongwe, Malawi — In a grainy mobile phone video that went viral last year, three women are seen stripping another woman naked, pulling her hair, dragging her to the ground and smashing a flower pot over her head
