TONGI FACTORY FIRE: Death toll rises to 29
The death toll from Tongi factory fire rose to 29 as one succumbed to burn injury at Dhaka Medical College Hospital and bodies of four others were recovered from the debris of the building until Sunday 10:30pm.
AL announces full-fledged committees of Dhaka city units
The ruling Awami League announced full-fledged executive committees of its Dhaka North and Dhaka South city units on Sunday.
‘Extremist’ kills himself: forensic official
The coroner at Dhaka Medical College Hospital said that one of the suspected extremists, who was reportedly killed during a drive at a ‘den of extremists’ in the city’s Lalbagh area on Saturday evening, had killed himself slitting his own throat with a sharp weapon.
NBR brings int’l courier service cos under its rules
The National Board of Revenue has framed for the first time rules to bring the international courier service and mailing operators operating in the country under its regulations following widespread allegations of irregularities including duty evasion against the companies.
Clinton expresses regret for saying 'half' of Trump supporters are 'deplorables'
Hillary Clinton expressed "regret" Saturday for comments in which she said "half" of Donald Trump's supporters are "deplorables," meaning people who are racist, sexist, homophobic or xenophobic.
Nurse kissed in iconic V-J Day photo dead at 92
Greta Friedman, the woman kissed by a sailor in the iconic picture taken in Times Square on V-J Day in 1945, has died, according to her son Joshua Friedman.
This year's offensive 9/11 ads: Walmart 911 display, Twin Towers mattress sale
9/11 is NOT a holiday. You can't have 9/11 sales. You can't use it for crass marketing gimmicks. You can't put out insensitive tweets.
2 Muslim women, babies attacked in alleged hate crime in New York
A woman yelling anti-Muslim sentiment allegedly attacked two Muslim women as they pushed their children in strollers in New York, authorities said.
Extremism suspect killed in Lalbagh police raid
An extremism suspect was shot dead and eight others including three women were injured during a police raid at a house at Lalbagh in the capital Saturday night.
Factory fire kills 24
At least 24 people were killed, dozens were injured and some others remained missing in a fire caused by a boiler explosion at a factory at BSCIC industrial area at Tongi in Gazipur on Saturday.
