Oil prices skyrocket as OPEC confirms deal to cut production
OPEC finally has a deal! The oil cartel finalized an agreement on Wednesday to cut its overall production by 1.2 million barrels a day.
10,000 Rohingyas enter Bangladesh: UNHCR
Cox’s Bazar district administration on Wednesday sought directives from the government as about 10,000 persecuted Rohingyas already arrived at places of the district sneaking into Bangladesh fleeing military crackdown on the religious minority group in Rakhine state on Myanmar.
Mangal Shobhajatra new UNESCO cultural heritage
The UNESCO on Wednesday recognised Mangal Shobhajatra, an annual procession of well-being brought out on Bangla New Year, as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Implement CHT accord fully or face consequence: Santu Larma
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti president Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, also known as Santu Larma, on Wednesday blamed successive governments for non-implementation of Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord in 19 years.
PM’s flight disruption: Biman suspends six officials
Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Wednesday suspended five of its engineering officers and a technician but spared the head of engineering department over a glitch that caused emergency landing of the aircraft carrying prime minister Sheikh Hasina on November 27.
Khaleda visits Mahmudur Rahman
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia visited ailing Dainik Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman in city’s United Hospital on Wednesday evening.
Colombia plane crash: Jet may have run out of fuel
As air safety officials begin their investigation into the deadly crash of LAMIA flight 2933 near Medellin, Colombia, the final resting place of the jet's wreckage may prove to be a central clue in determining why the airplane crashed.
The new Cold War: US Marines' wintry war games on Norway-Russia border
An American tank full of US Marines crashes through the silence of the sub-zero pine forest, far above the Arctic Circle, as unidentified drones hover overhead and yellow and green smoke fills the freezing air.
US military: Fatal phone tag with Russians contributed to Syrian deaths
A US military investigation revealed Tuesday that Russian and coalition officers engaged in a 27-minute game of phone tag while American and coalition warplanes were mistakenly bombing and killing fighters allied with the Syrian regime in September.
Troop carriers seized: Is China sending Singapore a message?
Singapore is scrambling to recover nine armored troop carriers that have been impounded in Hong Kong for a week after they were used in a military training exercise in Taiwan.
