Government to fast-track projects for Rohingyas
The government would put projects and programme taken for forcibly displaced Rohingyas on the fast track for expediting the repatriation of the ethnic minority Muslims to their homeland Myanmar, a Buddhist majority nation
People won’t support war criminals’ patrons: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that people would not allow the patrons of war criminals to assume office anymore.‘People will never allow the patrons of war criminals to assume office as they will not vote the war criminals and miscreants who have burned people to death,’ Hasina said at a discussion in Dhaka.
Fisheries minister Sayedul Hoque laid to rest
Fisheries and livestock minister and veteran Awami League leader Muhammed Sayedul Hoque, who breathed his last on Saturday, was laid to eternal rest at his family graveyard at his ancestral home at village Purbabhag under Nasirnagar upazila in Brahmanbaria Sunday evening
Walton’s founding chairman Nazrul Islam dies
SM Nazrul Islam, the founding chairman of country’s leading company Walton Group, died on Sunday. He was 93.Nazrul breathed his last at the Apollo Hospitals Dhaka in the city around 9:40pm.
BNP stages ‘V Day Rally’ in city
Vowing afresh to forge a national unity for the restoration of democracy, BNP held a ‘Victory Day Rally’ and brought out a colourful procession in Dhaka on Sunday, marking the 47th Victory Day.
With their tax bill, Republicans prepare for a long-awaited win
(CNN)Republicans are on the brink of passing a nearly $1.5 trillion tax overhaul, and at this point, it looks like nothing can stop them."This is going to be one of the great gifts to the middle-income people of this country that they've ever gotten for Christmas," President Donald Trump told reporters over the weekend.
Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport crippled by power outage
Atlanta (CNN)A power outage at the world's busiest airport Sunday left thousands of passengers stranded in dark terminals and in planes sitting on the tarmac, as a ground stop for Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International disrupted air travel across the United States
Death threats haunt Miss Iraq in wake of selfie controversy
(CNN)Nearly a month ago, Sarah Idan was in a hand-beaded Swarovski crystal gown representing Iraq in the Miss Universe pageant. It was the first time in 45 years that Iraq had a contestant in the pageant.
When the lights went out: 'Completely pitch black' at Atlanta airport
(CNN)Travelers stranded on planes on the tarmac for hours. Darkness in the terminal. Passengers guiding their cautious steps by the flashlights on their phones.
Toronto billionaire and his wife found dead in their home
(CNN)Toronto billionaire and philanthropist Barry Sherman and his wife were found dead in their mansion Friday afternoon, CNN affiliate CTV reports.The Toronto Police Service is investigating the deaths as "suspicious."
