North Korea launches ballistic missiles
North Korea launched a ballistic missile off the east coast of the Korean peninsula, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday.
Conservatives pin hopes on convention fight to stop Donald Trump
Prominent conservatives led by Erick Erickson on Thursday called for a unity ticket and a convention fight to stop Republican front-runner Donald Trump, a sign of the growing desperation in the party establishment to find an alternative to the billionaire businessman.
Brazil: Judge suspends swearing-in of Lula da Silva to Cabinet post
A Brazilian federal judge moved Thursday to block the controversial swearing-in of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as chief of staff to President Dilma Rousseff -- the latest twist in the country's deepening political crisis.
TRIAL DIESEL IMPORT FROM INDIA : Dhaka to spend 60pc more for transport, other charges
Bangladesh is set to spend 60 per cent more on transport, insurance and other costs to import diesel from India in a ‘goodwill gesture’ than it spends to import from the countries in the Middle East and Eastern Asia.
96th birth anniv of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman observed
The 96th anniversary of birth of the country’s founding president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was observed through elaborate programmes across the country on Thursday.
6 hurt in ‘Geneva’ camp clash
Six people were injured in a clash between two rival groups of Bihari community over establishing supremacy at Geneva camp in the city’s Mohammadpur area on Thursday.
Minor girl flees from abductor
A child was rescued from Mohammadpur Geneva Camp in the capital Thursday afternoon, hours after she was lured to the camp in the morning.
Argentina sinks Chinese vessel, cites illegal fishing
Argentina's coast guard says it sank a Chinese fishing vessel that was fishing in a restricted area off the South American country's coast.
Raid of Belgian building tied to Paris terror attacks ends with 1 dead
Belgian authorities searched through the night, looking for suspects who escaped after gunfire interrupted a raid of a building tied to last year's deadly terrorist attacks in Paris.
Governor goes amid theft row
Atiur Rahman on Tuesday stepped down as the governor of the Bangladesh Bank after having kept the Ministry of Finance in the dark about the theft of $101 million from the country’s foreign exchange reserve for a month.
