Ganges Barrage construction Dhaka expects breakthrough
The government is expecting a breakthrough in the construction of Ganges Barrage in the Bangladesh side of the cross-border Padma River during prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s upcoming visit to New Delhi scheduled for April.
JL man killed in ‘gunfight’
A Juba League activist was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between police and ‘miscreants’ in Khulna early Friday, about 12 hours after his family claimed that police picked him up from a court premises. The deceased is Ziaur Rahman, 45, of village Gutudia under Dumuria in Khulna.
All int’l brands to join today’s apparel summit
All international brands agreed to participate in today’s Dhaka Apparel Summit-2017, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association said on Friday.
BNP for declaring Feb 25 as nat’l mourning day
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday demanded that either February 25 or February 26 be declared as national mourning day when 57 army officers were killed in a mutiny at the Pilkhana headquarters of the erstwhile BDR in the capital in 2009.
Khadiza comes home, seeks capital punishment of attacker
Sylhet Government Women’s College student Khadiza Akter Nargis, returned home from Dhaka on Friday, after 5 months after she was wounded critically in an attack by a Bangladesh Chhatra League leader, Badrul Alam.
Kim Jong Nam: More N. Koreans being sought; break-in attempt at morgue
Malaysian authorities want to speak with a North Korean embassy official and airline employee as part of their investigation into the murder of Kim Jong Nam.
Russia calls Montenegro coup allegations damaging to relations
Russia hit back Wednesday over allegations it was involved in a failed coup in Montenegro and an attempt to assassinate the country's former Prime Minister, describing the claims as damaging to relations between the two nations.
Chinese moves in South China Sea unsettling to Southeast Asian countries
China responded Wednesday to claims it's been building in the contested waters of the South China Sea, reiterating it has "indisputable sovereign rights over islands" in the sea and their surrounding waters.
Triple talaq: India's battle against three words that grant instant divorce
With just three words, Farha, a 30-year old woman from the northern Indian city of Jaipur, became a single mother of three young children.
PM censures Khaleda for stepping onto Shaheed Minar
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday censured Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia for stepping onto the Central Shaheed Minar during placing wreath their on Tuesday. ‘How Khaleda Zia along with her party leaders stepped onto the main altar of the Shaheed Minar where the president, the prime minister and the speaker placed wreaths….
