Demo for dorm: BCL activists attack again agitating students
Ruling Awami League-backed Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders and activists once again on Monday launched attacks on Jagannath University students on movement in demand of residential halls.
Schoolgirl Risha killing: protests continue
Students of Willes Little Flower School and College and their guardians on Monday continued protests on the school premises and its adjacent road, demanding that the suspected killer of the school’s Class VIII student, Surayia Akhter Risha, be brought to justice.
Rampal power plant: oil-gas body rules out alliance with BNP, PM’s arguments
National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port on Monday ruled out any possibility of an alliance with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the movement against the coal-fired Rampal power plant project near the Sunderbans.
Duterte's crackdown: 6 stories from the front lines
Lifeless bodies lying on the streets of the Philippines are a visceral sign of new President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs.
Trump to give immigration speech amid major questions
Donald Trump said Sunday night he plans to make a "major speech" on immigration during his stop in Arizona on Wednesday. "I will be making a major speech on ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION on Wednesday in the GREAT State of Arizona. Big crowds, looking for a larger venue," Trump's tweet said.
Italy earthquake: Amid the rubble, a couple says 'I do'
They had been planning the perfect wedding for more than a year. The dress, the suit and the venue were all reserved. And then four days before the big day, part of the church crumbled in an earthquake.
Birthday memorial held for New Mexico girl who was raped, killed
Mourners held a "heavenly birthday" memorial Sunday for Victoria Martens, the 10-year-old New Mexico girl who Albuquerque police say was raped by her mother's boyfriend and then killed while her mother watched.
San Diego Border Patrol seizes $3 million
Border Patrol agents in California hit a jackpot this week in terms of cash seizures: $3 million.
Schoolgirl stabbed by stalker dies
Schoolgirl Surayia Akhter Risha, who was stabbed in the abdomen by a stalker on August 24, succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Sunday.
Kerry due today
The US secretary of state, John Kerry, will arrive in Dhaka on a nine-hour official visit starting from about 9am today.
