WP demands price control during Ramadan
Leaders of Workers Party of Bangladesh, a partner of the Awami League-led alliance, at a protest rally in the capital on Saturday called on the government to take immediate steps to check price hike of essential commodities during Ramadan.
Traders blame extortion by law enforcers, goons for price hike
Continuing extortion by a section of law enforcers and musclemen backed by political parties are causing increase in prices of essential commodities ahead of Ramadan, traders alleged in Dhaka on Saturday.
PROFESSOR KILLING: Movement resumes at RU
Teachers and students of Rajshahi University on Saturday resumed their movement over the murder of Professor AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee after the 20-day summer vacation.
Muhammad Ali dies at 74
Muhammad Ali, the legendary boxer who proclaimed himself "The Greatest" and was among the most famous and beloved athletes on the planet, died Friday in Phoenix, Arizona, a family spokesman said.
North Korean-born sons of U.S. defector appear in propaganda video
Two brothers who grew up in North Korea and identify themselves as the sons of an American defector appeared together in a North Korean video this week, calling on the United States to stop its hostility toward Pyongyang.
Clinton takes on Trump: Her 34 toughest lines
Hillary Clinton on Thursday blitzed presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump with a barrage of pointed and sarcastic attacks, casting him as dangerous with a petulant streak that could threaten U.S. national and global security.
Florida fisherman rescued after treading water for 20 hours
Maybe it was his Navy training or his prayers, but a Florida fisherman is lucky to be alive after treading water in the Gulf of Mexico for 20 hours.
World's busiest airport couldn't give world's biggest airliner a gate
More than 500 passengers aboard the first Qatar Airways flight to Atlanta flew 7,400 miles from Doha, Qatar, without incident, but during the final few hundred yards of their journey they got caught up in an international dustup between airline heavyweights.
Proposed budget for FY17: Trade bodies slate money whitening
Different trade bodies on Friday expressed their concerns over the scope for whitening of black money by paying tax maintained in the proposed national budget for the next fiscal year saying that the scope would frustrate the honest taxpayers.
Proposed budget frustrates FBCCI
Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry president Abdul Matlub Ahmad on Friday termed the proposed budget for the fiscal 2016-17 a complex one which did not address any of the demands of the apex chamber.
