It's official: Clinton swamps Trump in popular vote

More Americans voted for Hillary Clinton than any other losing presidential candidate in US history.

Voting in NCC polls begins

Voting in the Narayanganj City Corporation polls began on Thursday morning. The balloting began at 8:00am and will continue till 4:00pm without any break.

Nine officials sued

Biman filed a case on early Wednesday accusing eight engineers and a technician of criminal conspiracy and sabotage through negligent conduct with respect to machinery for technical glitch that caused an emergency landing of prime minister’s flight on the way to Hungary on November 27.

SUST closed as BCL groups clash

Authorities of the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology on Wednesday closed the academic activities of the university until January 6, following a series of attacks and counter attacks, between factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League, over establishing dominance on the campus.

121 workers fired, 200 sued

At least 121 workers of a readymade garment factory at Ashulia industrial belt were terminated and over 200 workers were sued in separate cases filed for instigating labour unrest. Apparel workers in the industrial belt have been demonstrating since December 11, demanding minimum wage of Tk 16,000.

President holds talks with KSJL, LDP

Krishak Sramik Janata League president Kader Siddique on Wednesday opposed the current Parliament passing any bill for the creation of independent Election Commission.

At least 29 killed in Mexico fireworks blast; 72 injured

Explosions ripped through a fireworks market north of Mexico City on Tuesday, killing at least 29 people and sending columns of smoke into the sky.

Berlin attack: ISIS claims it inspired truck assault at market

German authorities released a man and intensified their manhunt for the person who plowed a tractor-trailer truck into a crowd at a Berlin Christmas market, even as ISIS claimed Tuesday that it inspired the attack.

Trump strikes back at Bill Clinton: 'He doesn't know much'

President-elect Donald Trump mocked Bill Clinton on Tuesday after the former president said Trump "doesn't know much" in an interview with a local paper.

Bolivia: Human error caused crash that killed soccer team

Human error caused a November 28 plane crash that killed 71 people, including members of the Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense, the Bolivian government said Tuesday.