Death toll rises to 73 in Afghanistan bus, fuel tanker accident
At least 73 people were killed and 52 others injured in Afghanistan when two passenger buses caught fire after one collided with a fuel tanker, health officials say.
'Duterte Harry' tipped to win as Philippines heads to the polls
Millions of voters in the Philippines braved stifling hot weather to line up and have their say in the national election as polls opened Monday.
Nizami shifted to Dhaka jail
Condemned war crimes convict Jamaat-e-Islami amir Motiur Rahman Nizami was shifted to Dhaka Central Jail from Kashimpur jail in Gazipur on Sunday night.
15 injured in AL factional clash
At least 15 people were injured, mostly in bullets in factional clashes between the supporters of two lawmakers of the ruling Awami League at Mirpur in Dhaka on Sunday noon.
Jamaat’s hartal passed unnoticed
Life across the country, including Dhaka, remained almost normal as nationwide 24-hour hartal called by the Jamaat-e-Islami passed unnoticed on Sunday.
DSE proposes Tk 1 lakh as tax-free dividend income
The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Sunday proposed that the National Board of Revenue should increase capital market investors’ tax-free dividend income limit to Tk one lakh from existing Tk 25,000 with a view to spur market condition.
BTRC allows users to repurchase SIMs after June 1 deactivation
Mobile phone users will be allowed to repurchase their respective SIMs within 18 months after deactivation in the case of their failure in completing biometric re-registration of the subscriber identification modules by the May 31 deadline.
Barack Obama's last campaign
President Barack Obama's popularity is growing just in time for him to wage the final campaign of his political life.
Alberta wildfire growing, may reach Saskatchewan
The massive wildfire that forced almost 90,000 people to evacuate in Alberta is growing and approaching the neighboring province of Saskatchewan, Canadian officials said Saturday.
Three kidnapped Spanish journalists released in Syria
A trio of Spanish journalists who went missing last July in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo have been released, according to the president of the Spanish Journalists Federation.
