BNP to extend support to Tuesday’s hartal
Extending his personal support to the half-day hartal to be enforced by left parties in the capital on Tuesday protesting at the fresh gas price increase, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said their party may also support it.
White House blocks news organizations from press briefing
CNN and other news outlets were blocked on Friday from attending an off-camera White House press briefing that other reporters were hand-picked to attend, raising alarm among media organizations and First Amendment watchdogs.
VX nerve agent used to kill Kim Jong Nam, police say
The chemical substance used to kill Kim Jong Nam was a VX nerve agent, an internationally-banned chemical weapon that can kill within minutes, according to a preliminary report by the Chemistry Department of Malaysia.
Battle for Mosul: Iraqi forces advance near key area in city's west
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi congratulated the armed forces on their victories against "defeated Daesh terrorist gangs," using an Arabic name for ISIS.
Anti-immigrant protests erupt in South Africa's capital
On a street corner in Pretoria, South Africans gather just meters from the immigrants they're marching against.
Yes we can... elect Obama president of France?
Could France elect Barack Obama president? Not really -- but that's not stopping the organizers of Obama17, a guerrilla campaign trying to entice the former U.S. president to head to Paris.
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.
