Alzheimer's drug shows promise in human trials
An experimental drug shattered and removed toxic plaques in the brains of patients with early-stage Alzheimer's disease, researchers said Thursday. Given to patients once a month for a year,
Saving Dhaka rivers: Navy to oversee drives now
The government in its desperate bid decided on Wednesday to engage Bangladesh Navy to protect the rivers surrounding the Dhaka city from encroachers and check their pollution as well.
Mir Quasem wants time to decide on seeking presidential clemency
The Kashimpur jail authorities read out the verdict of his review petition to death row war criminal Mir Quasem Ali on Wednesday morning.
SC grants Shafik Rehman’s interim bail
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to detained senior journalist Shafik Rehman for three months or until submission of charge sheet in a case of plotting to abduct and kill prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy in the United States.
Cop held for demanding bribe from SC judge’s wife
Supreme Court police arrested an assistant sub-inspector of police on Wednesday for demanding bribe from the wife of a Supreme Court judge for passport verification.
Shahid Qadri laid to rest
Poet Shahid Qadri was laid to rest at Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard in Dhaka on Wednesday afternoon after people from all walks of life paid their last respect as his body reached home from New York in the morning.
Trump announces surprise meeting with Mexican President
Donald Trump announced Tuesday night that he will meet Wednesday with the President of Mexico just hours before he is set to deliver a speech focused on immigration policy.
Key ISIS deputy and spokesman killed in Aleppo, group says
Mohammad al-Adnani, the official spokesman of ISIS and one of its most senior members, has died in Syria, the terror group said in a rare public statement.
Blue skies and police vans: China prepares to host its first G20 summit
World leaders touch down in the Chinese city of Hangzhou this week for the G20 summit and Beijing is determined it will proceed without a hitch.
French mayor on burkini ban: They must accept our way of life
The mayor of a seaside town on the French Riviera is sticking by his town's burkini ban, telling beachgoers, "if you don't want to live the way we do, don't come."
