Matia slams Muhith’s plan to cut interest rate on savings certificates
Agriculture minister Matia Chowdhury on Wednesday criticised finance minister AMA Muhith for his proposal to curtail interest rate on savings certificates.
Shaukat Mahmud freed on bail
After 10 months into his arrest, Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson’s adviser and journalist leader Shaukat Mahmud was released from jail on bail on Wednesday.
Sale of advance train tickets begins
Bangladesh Railways on Wednesday started selling advance train tickets for the Eid-ul-Fitr holidaymakers.
North Korea fires two missiles, South Korea says
North Korea fired two missiles Wednesday morning from its eastern coast, according to South Korean and U.S. officials.
Clinton closing in on running mate search
Hillary Clinton is narrowing her choices for a running mate, intently focusing on a handful of potential candidates as her team closes in on the final weeks of vetting before she makes a decision in less than a month, several Democrats watching the process tell CNN.
Australian commission: Military cadets raped as initiation
Teenage recruits were raped by staff and forced to rape each other as part of initiation practices in the Australian military going back to 1960, a public inquiry heard on Tuesday.
Escaped ISIS sex slave tells Congress of horrors
A former ISIS sex slave urged Congress Tuesday to more aggressively fight the terror group and offered her condolences for the massacre in Orlando, saying she's not surprised by it.
Sanders accidentally visits GOP lunch
It's been a while since Bernie Sanders has attended the weekly Senate Democratic lunch in the Capitol.
Shooting baby in womb: Prime accused BCL leader released on bail
A Bangladesh Chhatra League leader also the prime accused of killing a man and injuring an expecting woman and her baby inside the womb with bullet was released on bail on Monday.
BSF returns bodies of two Bangladeshis
Border Security Force of India returned the bodies of two Bangladeshi cattle traders after a sector commander level flag meeting held at Charaldanga frontier under Gomostapur upazia in Chapainawabganj on Tuesday noon.
