Taiwan's first female president walks tightrope as she takes office
When Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan's first female president, takes office Friday, she will have to balance two very different sets of expectations -- from those who voted for her and a Chinese leadership that wants the island on a tight leash.
Embattled San Francisco police chief resigns after shooting
The chief of the beleaguered San Francisco Police Department abruptly resigned Thursday hours after the fatal police shooting of an African-American woman in the city's Bayview District.
'It's unbelievable': Turning point for slavery's last stronghold
It's a development so encouraging one activist called it "unbelievable." For only the second time in the country's history, a judge in Mauritania this week convicted two people on charges of slavery, according to anti-slavery activists and U.S. officials.
I’ll not apologise: Selim Osman
Lawmaker AKM Selim Osman on Thursday said he would not apologise and claimed that he did not humiliate Piyar Sattar Latif High School head teacher Shyamal Kanti Bhakta but the ‘crazy teacher’ had opted to go up and down holding the ears.
National committee announces fresh programmes
National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports on Thursday announced fresh programmes in demand of scrapping coal-based power plants at Rampal in Bagerhat and Banshkhali in Chittagong.
Experts suggest keeping two separate VAT rates
Economists and experts on Thursday suggested the government for keeping two separate value-added tax rates for businesses considering the prevailing reality regarding economic situation and accounting practices in the country.
PH senate ends probe with $66m still at large
The senate blue ribbon committee of Philippine on Thursday terminated its three-month long investigation into the theft of $81m Bangladesh central bank’s money with $66 million of the amount yet to be recovered and a large chunk still untraced.
Teacher’s humiliation: N’ganj School committee dissolved amid protests
The education ministry on Thursday dissolved the Piyar Sattar Latif High School management committee in Narayanganj and reinstated its head teacher Shyamal Kanti Bhakta, who was humiliated by the local lawmaker in public and suspended by the committee on allegation of hurting religious sentiment of the Muslims.
Pentagon: 'Unsafe' intercept over South China Sea
At least two Chinese J-11 tactical aircraft carried out an "unsafe" intercept of a United States EP-3 reconnaissance aircraft that was conducting a routine mission in international airspace over the South China Sea, a U.S. defense official told CNN Wednesday.
First missing Chibok girl found after 2 years as Boko Haram prisoner
When Amina Ali Nkeki was kidnapped by the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram more than two years ago, she was a mere schoolgirl.
