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.
What Castro funeral RSVPs say about the world
Fidel Castro's funeral will bring together an unlikely mix of world leaders, royalty, Marxist guerillas and Hollywood actors.
Rohingyas face shelter, food crisis as influx on
Rohingyas who entered Bangladesh were suffering from food, shelter, and drug crises as influx of the religious minority Muslims of Myanmar’s Rakhine state into Bangladesh continued on Tuesday when 250 more sneaked into the country.
ONE MONTH AFTER ATTACK ON B’BARIA HINDUS: Uneasy calm prevails at Nasirnagar
An uneasy calm still prevails at Nasirnagar and Hindus are still in fear of further attacks despite deployment of additional police, Border Guard Bangladesh and Rapid Action Battalion even after one month of attacks on the religious minority group on October 30.
Democracy needs active media role: Inu
Minister for information Hasanul Haque Inu on Tuesday said that the media should play a pro-active role in preserving democracy and upholding the values of the constitution of the country. At the same time, the media must work responsibly, he observed.
