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….
Workers’ mortality abroad on rise
The number of Bangladeshi workers dying abroad steadily increased each year in last 12 years making the dependent families worried, Wage Earners’ Welfare Board officials said.
Int’l Mother Language Day observed
The nation observed International Mother Language Day on February 21 paying rich tribute to the memory of the Language Movement martyrs, renewing the call for use of Bangla in all spheres.
Quader Khan nobody of Jatiya Party: Ershad
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Thursday said the arrested former MP Abdul Quader Khan has no relation with Jatiya Party.
Former JP MP placed on 10-day remand
A court in Gaibandha on Wednesday remanded former Jatiya Party lawmaker of Gaibandha-1 constituency, Abdul Quader Khan, for 10 days in police custody in connection with the killing of incumbent Awami League lawmaker, Manzurul Islam Liton, in December.
