'Younger Games': Hong Kong's Joshua Wong launches new political party
One of Hong Kong's most famous democracy activists has announced the formation of a new political party amid heightened tensions in the city over the alleged kidnapping of several booksellers and perceived interference by Beijing in official affairs.
PM pushes for setting up SAARC food, seed banks
Urging the South Asian leaders to promise to ensure food and nutritional security across the region, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday underscored the need for speedy
4 injured in acid attack in city
Four people sustained burn injuries as some miscreants hurled acid towards them in Rupnagar Tin Shed area of the city on Thursday morning.
BANGLADESHI LINKS : ACC launches probe after Panama scam
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday launched a probe into involvement of Bangladeshi people, if any, in illegal investment in offshore companies in the secretive tax haven of the British Virgin Islands.
TONU RAPE, MURDER : 5 army men quizzed, protests continue
Several thousand people took to the streets on Thursday in the city demanding justice for the killing of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu and threatened to call a countrywide general strike.
Hundreds protest at murder of online activist
Strong protests were launched on Thursday against killings of secular writers, bloggers and publishers in the country as a Jagannath University law student and secular online activist was hacked and shot to death in the Old Dhaka on Wednesday night.
Trump meeting suggests campaign changes
Donald Trump met Wednesday with GOP strategist Paul Manafort, a huddle that suggests campaign changes could be in the works after the billionaire lost the Wisconsin primary and is facing an uphill climb to clinch the Republican presidential nomination before the convention.
China is the world's top executioner, but it doesn't want you to know that
The world's most prolific executioner killed "thousands" of people last year, human rights group Amnesty International estimates.
Putin and the Panama Papers: Why power means more than money
The Kremlin introduced a new word into the English language Monday: "Putinophobia."
Customs intel seizes Porsche car
Customs intelligence on Wednesday seized a Porsche Cayenne jeep from Dhaka’s Gulshan area on charge of customs duty evasion.
