Protests on, no clue to MP murder found
Police still grope for a clue to the murder of ruling Awami League lawmaker Md Manzurul Islam Liton when protests against the killing continued on Sunday.
ACC drives against graft suspects earn criticism
The Anti-Corruption Commission continued drives against corruption suspects amid criticism about its sincerity while names of Bangladeshis in Panama Papers and the theft of Bangladesh Bank reserve damaged the image of the country in 2016.
BNP again will come to power: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday said her party would again come to power through waging movements, in due time.
JP to contest next polls independently: Ershad
Jatiya Party chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad on Sunday said that the next general election would be the last one in his life and that his party would contest the poll independently.
350 more Rohingyas enter Bangladesh
At least 350 Rohingya refugees, fleeing persecution by military in their home country Myanmar, entered Bangladesh on Sunday.
Istanbul attack: Dozens killed at Turkish nightclub, official says
Thirty-five people were killed and 40 wounded in an attack in a nightclub early Sunday as they were celebrating the new year, Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin said.
Putin congratulates Trump, not Obama, in New Year's statement
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated US President-elect Donald Trump, rather than President Barack Obama, in his annual New Year's greetings statement to foreign heads of state and government.
AL MP shot dead
Ruling Awami League lawmaker Manzurul Islam Liton was shot dead by unknown assailants at his village home at Sundarganj upazila in Gainbandha Saturday evening.
New Year welcomed amid tight security
New Year 2017 was ushered in through celebrations on Saturday night amid tight security as police and Rapid Action Battalion put restrictions in Dhaka and other metropolitan cities in a bid to ward off any untoward incident.
Govt working to expand media: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government has been working to expand the media both in the public and private sectors to ensure the free flow of information.
