How fugitive Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee decided to defy China
It took three cigarettes for Hong Kong book seller Lam Wing-kee to make his bombshell decision to defy China and tell the story of his alleged abduction.
Clinton burying Trump: $42 million to $1.3 million
Donald Trump faces an extraordinary money deficit unheard of in modern presidential politics, entering the month with tens of millions of dollars less than Hillary Clinton.
Search for missing flight MH370 gives up possible personal items
The waters off Madagascar in the Indian Ocean have delivered what debris hunter Blaine Gibson says could be the first personal items belonging to passengers aboard missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
British lawmakers return to Parliament to pay tribute to slain colleague Jo Cox
British lawmakers returned to Parliament on Monday and gave moving tributes to their slain colleague Jo Cox, whose shocking killing last week has focused international attention on the country's pivotal referendum on whether to leave the European Union.
BNP expects India would remain with democracy loving people
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday criticised Indian external affairs minister’s recent statement where she lauded Awami League-led government’s anti-militant steps.
Mamata backs Hasina’s anti-terrorism measures
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday reiterated her full support to the recent actions taken by prime minister Sheikh Hasina to root out all terrorist activities.
Advance bus ticket sales start ahead of Eid
Bus company counters in the capital on Monday witnessed a huge rush of buyers of advance tickets for home bound journeys for Eid celebrations.
Pvt entities unlawfully deducting extra tax from salary before budget passage
Many of the private employers are allegedly deducting additional amount of income tax at source from the employees’ salary in June following a tax measure of the proposed Finance Bill 2016 causing violation of the law.
People suffer for hours as transport workers clash
People suffered serious traffic congestion at Gulistan as transport workers blocked Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover for about two hours following a clash between two transport worker organisations on Monday.
Opinion: What Vladimir Putin said ... and what he meant
It was the kind of challenge Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to relish: downplaying his own weakness, exploiting his opponents' vulnerabilities, and deftly turning the tables by throwing in a few barbed jokes.
