FREEDOM FIGHTER MURDER: AL MP lands in jail
Ruling Awami League lawmaker from Tangail-3 parliamentary constituency Amanur Rahman Khan Rana landed in jail on Sunday after he surrendered to a Tangail court in the case of the murder of freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed in 2013.
AL MP’s son arrested on extortion charge
Police on Sunday arrested the son of a ruling Awami League lawmaker in Satkhira in two extortion cases.
NBR may raise upper limit of turnover for VAT imposition
The National Board of Revenue may increase the upper limit of turnover from the existing Tk 80 lakh for imposing turnover VAT on businesses in a bid to implement smoothly the new Value-Added Tax and Supplementary Duty Act-2012 from the next fiscal year.
RAWHIDE OF SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS: Merchants bought rawhide at 30pc lower than usual price: meat traders
Rawhide traders bought skins of sacrificial animals during this Eid-ul-Azha at prices which were more than 30 per cent lower than that in any other time of the year, depriving the poor and unprivileged, the recipients of the money, of higher financial assistance.
Number of jatra troupes drops sharply
The number of jatra troupes in the country declined to 50 from 2,000 in last 30 years. Jatra artistes attributed the sharp decline to non-cooperation from the government and the law enforcement agencies.
New York explosion leaves dozens injured
A explosion in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York on Saturday night injured at least 25 people, the fire department said.
Syria, Russia: Coalition airstrike kills regime forces
US and Russian ambassadors to the United Nations sniped at each other Saturday night on the sidelines of an emergency UN Security Council session over a coalition airstrike that killed Syrian troops. Churkin said that in more than 10 years at the UN and more than 40 years in international life he had "never seen such an extraordinary display of American heavy-handedness."
Obama: Would be 'personal insult' to legacy if black voters don't back Clinton
President Barack Obama delivered an impassioned plea to the African-American community Saturday night to help stop Donald Trump, saying he would consider it a "personal insult" to his legacy if black voters didn't turn out for Hillary Clinton.
Why Democrats are anxious
Donald Trump's reversal on the "birther" controversy is turning attention -- at least for the moment -- from a major shift in the presidential race.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu back in South African hospital
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been readmitted to a South African hospital after he started showing signs of infection after surgery he had earlier this month, his family said Saturday.
