UK police foil second alleged London terror plot in a day
Police in London say they have foiled a second active terror plot in 24 hours, after arresting six people in raids across the British capital and southeast England.
FLASH FLOOD-HIT SUNAMGANJ Food, job crisis forces people to move to urban areas
Farmer Kutub Uddin, along with members of his family, on Wednesday set out for Sylhet city as he had no food in his house and there was also no hope for getting any job in the locality after flash flood inundated his crops in haor.
Serve people with more humane attitude
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged the judges and lawyers to be more humanitarian and serve the litigants with extra care to reduce their sufferings in the court of justice.
Fakhrul challenges AL to test popularity
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday challenged its arch-rival ruling Awami League to test its popularity by holding an election without any influence of government and police.
Road digging leaves city people gasping
An orgy of erratic road digging in different areas in the capital, apparently aimed at nothing other than improving utility services, leaves local people wondering when they would come out of the acute suffering they have been put to.
Bangladeshi girl with three legs ‘walks, runs’ after Australia surgery
A toddler born with three legs – because body parts of a twin had grown inside her – was returning home to Bangladesh Friday after complex and rare surgery in Australia enabled her to walk and run, her doctor said.
US commander: Anti-missile system in South Korea operational in 'coming days'
The US anti-missile system designed to mitigate the threat of North Korea's missiles will soon be operational, the top US commander in the Pacific said Wednesday.
CNN/ORC Poll: At 100 days, Trump approval rating shows no sign of growth
As the 100-day mark of Donald Trump's presidency approaches, a new CNN/ORC poll finds the President reaches this milestone holding on to the lowest approval rating of any newly-elected president at this stage, amid sharp partisan divides and a failure to capitalize on post-election strengths.
China launches its first homegrown aircraft carrier
The first aircraft carrier designed and built in China was launched Wednesday amid streamers and champagne.
Erdogan shuns West with Syria strikes and more mass detentions
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is feeling bold.
