Singapore Airlines shops for world's longest jet

Boeing and Airbus are holding a paper airplane contest. A very expensive one. And the winner may get the chance to build the world's longest jet.

Judiciary hostage to law ministry: SC

The Appellate Division said on Monday that the judiciary could not function properly as it was hostage to the law ministry.

BNP sticks to holding rally at Nayapaltan

Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday said they would hold their rally, scheduled for today, at Nayapaltan in the capital without any ‘hesitation and trepidation’ while the party was still awaiting police permission for the rally.

Suspected outlawed party leader killed in gunfight in Khulna

A suspected leader of outlawed Biplobi Communist Party leader was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between police and the party operatives at a bamboo garden at Garakhula under Phultala in Khulna early Tuesday. The deceased was Billal Hossain, 35, of Jugnipasha village of Phultala.

Hindus find victims list incomplete

Hindus at Nasiranagar upazila in Brahmanbaria found that the list of victims of the attacks on the religious minority people there on October 30, prepared by the local administration, was incomplete and termed the financial assistance provided to them on Monday insufficient.

Whereabouts of ‘released’ Daud Merchant unknown

Whereabouts of Indian citizen Abdul Rauf alias Daud Merchant, an accused of the murder of musician Gulshan Kumar in India, was unknown since his release from Dhaka Central Jail Sunday evening.

FBI clears Clinton -- again

FBI Director James Comey told lawmakers Sunday the agency hasn't changed its opinion that Hillary Clinton should not face criminal charges after a review of new emails.

New Delhi schools closed 3 days because of smog

Schools across New Delhi will be closed for the next three days due to smog, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Sunday.

Hong Kong sadist: British banker's descent into depravity

Rurik Jutting seemed to have it all. He was a young, intelligent British banker earning half a million dollars a year, in the teeming metropolis of Hong Kong.

Iraqis flee fighting with tales of horror

A rising tide of humanity ebbed east from Mosul on Thursday as Iraqi forces entered the ISIS-controlled city for the first time in two years and engaged in up-close battles with the militants.