WAR CRIMES: Shakhawat gets death sentence
Former Jamaat MP from Jessore Md Shakhawat Hossain, 62, was on Wednesday sentenced to death while his seven war crimes accomplices to jail until death.
Trump: 'Second Amendment people' could deal with Clinton
Donald Trump set off a fierce new controversy Tuesday with remarks about the right to bear arms that were interpreted by many as a threat of violence against Hillary Clinton.
Waaaait! Ryanair passenger makes a mad dash across tarmac to catch plane
You run to the boarding gate, only to find it closed. But you can see your plane, just now rolling across the tarmac. If only you could run out there and flag it down!
US troops lost weapons to ISIS in firefight
US troops abandoned equipment and weapons after they came under fire from ISIS fighters, the Pentagon acknowledged Tuesday.
'Iron Lady of Manipur': World's longest hunger strike ends
With a lick of some honey that was spooned onto her palm, human rights activist Irom Sharmila on Tuesday ended her 16-year hunger strike in India -- the longest such fast in the world.
Telcos ‘break promises’ of giving compensation for call drops
The country’s mobile phone operators are yet to start compensating subscribers for call drops in their own network ‘breaking their promises’ made to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission three weeks back, said telecom regulator officials.
Indian HC calls on Khaleda
The newly appointed Indian high commissioner in Dhaka, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, on Tuesday evening made a call on Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and discussed issues of mutual interests between Bangladesh and India.
Nat’l minorities seen through spectacle of security: rally
Politicians, national minority leaders and rights activists on Tuesday said that the national minorities were being deprived of their rights as they were being seen through the ‘spectacle of security.’
Banks reluctant to give loans to marginal people from BB fund
Banks are reluctant to disburse loans to Tk 10-account holders by taking fund from the Bangladesh Bank refinance scheme of Tk 200 crore as they (banks) think that the rate of interest on the credit product is lower than that of other loans.
WATER STAGNATION ON CITY ROADS: Land grabbers main culprit
The perpetual encroachment on the Dhaka city’s canals was the prime reason behind water stagnation on the city’s roads during the rainy season, said officials.
