Rushanara Ali arrives as UK PM’s trade envoy
The UK prime minister’s trade envoy for Bangladesh, Rushanara Ali, arrived in Dhaka on Saturday on a five-day official visit.
What happens in the extremely unlikely scenario the Electoral College goes rogue?
Donald Trump is busy building his Cabinet and planning his agenda, but he isn't really, officially going to be President quite yet. One of the peculiarities of American democracy is that it's a group of 538 "electors" -- members of the Electoral College -- in this nation of 318 million who actually pick the president.
US says China will return underwater drone; Trump slams Beijing
China has agreed to return the US underwater drone that it seized in international waters earlier this week, the Pentagon said Saturday.
Trump's Israel ambassador pick: Trump's peace process policy will be guided by 'what Israelis want to pursue'
Donald Trump's pick to be ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, said in an interview earlier this year that the Trump administration's approach to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process would be guided by what the Israeli government wants to pursue.
Protests grow in Poland as political crisis deepens
A bitter political crisis in Poland worsened over the weekend with heated protests both in and outside the nation's parliament and a swirl of allegations of attempted coups and threats to democracy.
President’s talks with parties begin today
The president, Abdul Hamid, is scheduled for today to sit for talks with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party at Bangabhaban kicking off his talks with registered political parties on the reconstitution of the Election Commission.
Accept president’s decision on EC reconstitution: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday asked the Bangladesh Nationalist Party to accept the decision to be made by the president on the reconstitution of the Election Commission. ‘You are going to meet the president…Accept the suggestions the president makes,’ Hasina said while addressing a discussion at Krishibid Institution.
Nation celebrates 46th Victory Day
The nation celebrated the 46th Victory Day on Friday paying tribute to the freedom fighters who made the supreme sacrifice in the War for Independence to free the nation from marauding Pakistani forces in 1971.
Ivy says needs 5 years to complete dev works
Mayoral candidates to the Narayanganj City Corporation polls took part in a discussion at Narayanganj Club on Saturday, to highlight their election pledges.
Tensions between Myanmar, Muslim world rising: ICG
Brussels-based think-tank International Crisis Group has said that tensions between Myanmar and the Muslim world — including Malaysia and Bangladesh — are rising following Myanmar military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state since October 9.
