Rights activists demand scrap of decision of declaring Madhupur land as reserve forest
Ethnic minority leaders and rights activists on Monday urged the government to withdraw the gazette notification declaring over 9,100 acres of lands at Madhupur in Tangail as reserved forest.
Child worker Sagar killing: 27 minor workers rescued from spinning mill
Rupganj police on Monday rescued 27 child workers from Jobaida Textiles and Spinning Mills Limited, just a day after a 10-year old worker Sagar Barman, was killed in the same factory by pumping air through his rectum.
Global network needed to curb terrorism: Bernicat
The US ambassador in Dhaka, Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat said on Monday that a global network was needed to fight against terrorism.
Fort Myers club shooting: 2 dead, 14 injured outside teen party
The two victims killed in a shooting outside a Florida nightclub have been identified as 14-year-old Shawn Achilles and 18-year-old Ste'fan Strawder, Fort Myers police said. Police also said the shooting early Monday morning was not terror-related.
Suicide bomber in Ansbach, Germany, pledged allegiance to ISIS leader in video
The Syrian suicide bomber who injured 15 people in an attack on a music festival in Ansbach, Germany, Sunday night left behind a video on a mobile phone pledging allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and said he was engaging in an act of revenge against Germans, Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said Monday.
Quasem’s review petition hearing deferred to Aug 24
The Appellate Division on Monday posted a hearing of the petition of war crimes death row inmate Mir Quasem Ali seeking review of the apex court’s verdict upholding his sentence for August 24.
Flood situation worsen as Brahmaputra, Ghaghat cross danger mark
Water level of the Brahmaputra, and the Ghagat rivers crossed their danger marks last night and the rivers were flowing 13 cm and 15 cm above respective danger levels this morning inundating the river basin areas of Gaibandha.
Suicide bomb rocks Ansbach, Germany
An explosion in the southern German city of Ansbach was a suicide attack, according to the region's interior minister. The bomber died in the blast.
Wasserman Schultz resigning as party leader
Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced Sunday she is stepping down as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee at the end of the party's convention, which is set to begin here Monday.
India: Fourth arrest made in double gang-rape case
Police say they arrested a fourth man Saturday in a brutal gang-rape case that has gripped India and appalled the international community.
