3 more killed in electoral violence
Three more people were killed in electoral violence in Narayanganj and Panchagarh on Sunday and Saturday night, taking to 114 the death toll from electoral violence in the maiden partisan elections to union parishads.
President asks Bangladesh peacekeepers to work with professionalism
President Abdul Hamid has urged the Bangladesh peacekeepers in the UN peacekeeping mission to continue to work maintaining professionalism, honesty, devotion and sincerity saying that Bangladesh is always ready to establish peace in any corner of the world under the UN Security Council.
আজব টকশোর নিরপেক্ষ ময়নাতদন্ত! (গোলাম মাওলা রনি)
কক্সবাজারের লাবণী পয়েন্টের ঝিনুক মার্কেটের ব্যবসায়ীরা সেদিন একটু আশ্চর্য হয়েই পরস্পরকে জিজ্ঞাসা করতে লাগলেন, লোকটি কে? কিন্তু ব্যবসায়ীদের মধ্যে কেউই লোকটির পরিচয়, পদ-পদবি সম্পর্কে অবহিত ছিলেন না। লোকটি ২-৩ জন স্থানীয় ষণ্ডাগণ্ডা প্রকৃতির যুবক এবং ৩-৪ জন বন্দুকধারী পুলিশের কনস্টেবলকে নিজের বডিগার্ড বানিয়ে ঝিনুক মার্কেটে ঘুরে বেড়াচ্ছিলেন এবং এ দোকান ও দোকানে উঁকিঝুঁকি মেরে শামুক-ঝিনুকের মালা এবং বার্মিজ আচার এবং জুতা-স্যান্ডেলের দরদাম জিজ্ঞাসা করছিলেন।
Japan with Bangladesh in its dev journey
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday assured his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina of continuing his county’s support to materialise her Vision-2021 for elevating Bangladesh to a middle-income country by 2021.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warns he'll retaliate against NATO missiles
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia will retaliate against the placement of U.S. missiles in nearby countries such as Romania, according to Russia's state-run news agency TASS.
Cincinnati zoo kills gorilla to save child who slipped into enclosure
The Cincinnati Zoo shot and killed a western lowland gorilla on Saturday after a 4-year-old boy slipped into the animal's enclosure, a zoo official said at a news conference.
Pakistani men can beat wives 'lightly,' Islamic council says
The leader of a Pakistani Islamic council has proposed a bill that allows husbands to "lightly beat" their wives as a form of discipline.
Judge directs internal Trump University documents to be released
A judge overseeing a lawsuit filed against Donald Trump regarding his closed real estate education program called Trump University has ruled parts of internal documents, including "playbooks" regarding running the enterprise, should be released as part of the case.
Import growth drops to 4.40pc in July-April
Import payments registered a lower growth of 4.40 per cent in the first 10 months of the current financial year 2015-16 compared with that of a 4.49-per cent growth in the same period of the FY15 because of sluggish business situation in the country and lower commodity prices on the international market.
Combined movement stressed to save railway
Left-leaning political leaders on Saturday stressed the need for a collective movement to make the Bangladesh Railway people-friendly and functional.
