Manohar Parrikar visits Bangladesh
THE really surprising thing about the visit by [India’s] defence minister Manohar Parrikar to Bangladesh on Wednesday is that this is the first-ever such event in the 45-year history of that country.
Begum Akhter Kamal gets Ananya award
Researcher and essayist Begum Akter Kamal, also a professor of Bangla at the University of Dhaka, has received Ananya literary award this year in recognition of her contribution to the fields of research and literature.
Shyambazar market catches fire
A fire broke out at a market in the Shyambazar area of Old Dhaka on Saturday evening. No casualties were reported.
Trump risks showdown with China after call with Taiwan
President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Taiwan's President Friday, threatening to ignite a diplomatic showdown with China even before he takes office.
Hipster or hatemonger? The trendy young face of Austria's far-right
At the stroke of midnight in Vienna city center, members of Austria's so-called Identity Movement slipped on high-visibility vests and boarded a crane to pull off an audacious political prank:
First Brexit, then Trump, now Italy faces its political shockwave
The world as we know it could come to an end this Sunday. Or it could be just another day. It depends on whom you talk to.
Protesters outside Trump's first thank you rally: 'I will not stand for you'
While President-Elect Donald Trump hosted his first "thank you" tour rally since the election, chants of "love trumps hate," echoed in the cold Cincinnati air Thursday night outside of the US Bank Arena.
Cos pay doctors for drug promotion
Pharmaceutical companies are bribing doctors and drug retailers providing them with gift or financial inducement for sales promotion in Bangladesh.
Tourist ship catches fire in Sunderbans, 26 rescued
A fire broke out in a tourist launch with 26 on board under Harbaria area of Chandpai range in the Sunderbans, on Friday evening.
People will not allow relocating Zia’s grave: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said the people of the country would not accept any ‘imprudent’ move by the government to relocate the grave of former president, Ziaur Rahman, from Sher-e-Bangla Nagar to elsewhere.
