That sinking feeling: Beijing dropping by up to 4 inches a year, study shows
Beijing residents have put up with choking smog, trash-filled rivers and toxic running tracks. Now they have another concern -- sinking.
Khaleda calls AL ‘party of militants’
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday called the ruling Awami League a ‘party of militants’ and said local and foreign arms and ammunition are found on them.
RESISTING MILITANCY: Movements called for
Pro-Awami League intellectuals on Sunday called for social, cultural and political movements of the pro-independence forces to resist ‘militancy’ and secret killings committed by fundamentalists in the country.
DNCC unveils budget of Tk 2,083.35 crore
Dhaka North City Corporation on Sunday announces its Tk 2083.35 crore budget for the fiscal year 2016-17.
NBR frames draft rules on transit with provision for revising fees
The National Board of Revenue has drafted the rules on customs management of transit and trans-shipment of goods under the Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade between Bangladesh and India, keeping a provision to revise transit and trans-shipment charge and other fees from time to time.
Potholed, waterlogged highways await Eid time home goers
Regular travellers said that uncomfortable journeys await Eid time home goers as the highways were full of potholes.
Brexit: Do you #Regrexit? UK voters voice doubt over referendum choice
From Brexit to #Regrexit -- an online petition demanding a second referendum on Britain's decision to leave the EU has passed 2 million signatures.
Why Brexit is the biggest step backward since World War II
The numbing news that Britain has voted to leave the European Union is the worst step backward for Europe -- and for Western civilization -- since the end of World War II.
Pope, in Armenia, decries 'genocide'
Pope Francis, visiting the nation of Armenia this weekend, again described the slaughter of Armenians by Ottoman Empire forces during World War I as a genocide and prayed that such a tragedy never happen again.
Gunmen storm hotel in Mogadishu; 15 killed, police say
Gunmen stormed a hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Saturday after detonating a car filled with explosives at the hotel gate -- an attack that has left at least 15 people dead and 25 others injured, police said.
