Kaniz Fatema Mohsina remembered
Politicians, academics and cultural activists at a commemoration meeting in the city on Friday said that some women played great role in bringing changes in the society remaining at home, but they were not recognised.
Protesters take to streets after Trump rally in California
Scores of protesters took to the streets Thursday night outside a Donald Trump campaign event here, drawing out police officers in riot and tactical gear and on horseback who sought to disperse the crowd.
North Korea sentences American to 10 years hard labor
North Korea sentenced a South Korean-born American citizen to 10 years of hard labor for subversion and espionage, a North Korean official told CNN.
Kerry expresses outrage after 50 killed in strike on Syrian hospital
An airstrike on a pediatric hospital in Syria has killed 50 people, rights and humanitarian groups say, as the United Nations warns that the situation in Aleppo has become "catastrophic" amid intensified fighting in recent days.
China tightens its grip on foreign NGOs
China has passed a controversial law imposing new regulations on foreign nongovernmental organizations and charitable groups.
JSD faction demands trial of killers
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal faction led by Hasanul Haq Inu, a partner of the Awami League-led alliance, at a protest rally in the city on Thursday expressed concern over the serial of killings in the country in recent times.
ESCAP reports rising inequality amid steady economic growth
Bangladesh has achieved a steady economic growth of more than 6 per cent in the recent years, but the distribution of its benefits has remained unequal with the well-off enjoying the most, economists said on Thursday.
Muhith confirms 15pc flat VAT under next budget
Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Thursday said the government in the upcoming budget would introduce a flat 15 per cent value-added tax in line with the new VAT law, ignoring pleas of businesses to set different VAT rates for different sectors and to continue with the current VAT package for small traders.
Cannot establish IS by killing a few people, says home minster
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday once again dismissed claims of the presence of Islamic State – the Middle Eastern terrorist organisation – saying a few troublemakers cannot establish IS in the country by killing a few people.
Terror suspect Abdeslam appears in French court after extradition
Terror suspect Salah Abdeslam appeared in a Paris courtroom Wednesday but declined to address the charges against him, saying he was exhausted due to his transfer from Belgium earlier in the day.
