India scraps its two largest rupee notes in shocking anti-corruption move
India has discontinued its two largest rupee notes in a shocking move against corruption. Notes worth 500 and 1,000 rupees will be invalid starting at midnight local time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced during a televised address to the nation.
Perpetrators will be identified, punished: home minister
The home minister, Asaduzzaman Khan, said on Tuesday that the perpetrators of the attacks on Hindus at Nasirnagar in Brahmanbaria will be identified and none of them would be spared.
People to re-elect AL in 2019, hopes PM
Urging people to remain alert about Bangladesh Nationalist Party-Jamaat clique’s plot to create instability in the country, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday hoped that they would re-elect Awami League in the next general election to be held in 2019.
BGMEA asked to demolish its building forthwith
The Appellate Division’s full verdict released Tuesday directed Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association to demolish its unauthorized 15-stoyed building on the edge of Hatirjheel Lake in the capital forthwith.
Santal man’s body found in rice field
Police said Tuesday that they recovered a Santal man’s body from a rice field adjacent to Rangpur Sugar Mill’s Shahebganj-Bagda Farm at Gabindaganj, Gaibandha, on Monday.
Attack on Khadiza: Charge sheet filed against Badrul
Police on Tuesday filed charge sheet against the only accused, Badrul Alam, in the case filed in connection with the machete attack on Sylhet Government Women’s College student Khadiza Akter Nargis.
The non Americans' guide to US elections (Handy for citizens, too)
The US presidential election. It's exhilarating, it's exhausting, but it's also inexplicably complicated -- even for us natives. Here's everything you need to know to become an insta-pundit.
Gigantic sinkhole swallows intersection in Japan
A gigantic sinkhole has opened in Japan, swallowing huge sections of road including traffic lights, near underground work to extend a subway tunnel.
Trump says Patriots' Tom Brady, Bill Belichick supporting him
Donald Trump announced Monday that New England Patriots star quarterback Tom Brady and the team's coach are supporting his campaign for president.
Mass grave containing 100 bodies found in town south of Mosul, Iraq says
A mass grave containing the remains of about 100 beheaded civilians has been discovered inside a school in a town south of Mosul, Iraq's military said in a statement Monday.
