Malaysia stalls hiring foreign workers
The fates of several lakh aspirant migrant workers became uncertain as the Malaysian government decided to suspend recruitment of all foreign workers, including those from Bangladesh.
Headlong rush as book frenzy peaks
The month-long Ekueshy book fair reached its peak on Friday, the weekend, as a huge number of booklovers rushed to the book fair that also caused a surge in sales. Visitors waiting in long queues to enter the Ekushey Book Fair premises made yet another hectic day on its 19th day.
Newly fixed increased train fare comes into effect today
The newly fixed increased train fare comes into effect today (Saturday) as critics raised their voice against widespread corruption, misuse of public money and wrong policy that made the state-run railway a losing concern.
All set to observe Amar Ekushey
The nation will pay homage to the martyrs of the language movement of 1952 a minute after midnight past today by placing wreaths at Shaheed Minars across the country amid beefed up security.
Donald Trump challenged over 9/11, Iraq War comments
Donald Trump acknowledged Thursday that he "could have" signaled support for invading Iraq during a 2002 interview with Howard Stern.
At least 100 bodies found in sewer system under Colombian prison
Colombian authorities are investigating the disappearance and dismemberment of at least 100 people whose bodies were allegedly thrown into a sewer system underneath a notorious prison in Bogota.
Obama slaps new sanctions on North Korea
President Barack Obama signed new sanctions on North Korea into law Thursday, punishing the regime after its nuclear and missile tests as well as suspected cyber-hacking incidents.
Turkish soldiers die in attack a day after Ankara explosion
Six soldiers were killed and another was wounded Thursday in a roadside bombing that hit an armored military vehicle in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakir, Turkey's semiofficial Anadolu news agency reported, citing the Turkish General Staff.
18 killed in clashes at U.N. compound in South Sudan
Clashes inside a United Nations compound in South Sudan killed at least 18 people, including two Doctors Without Borders staffers, the organization said Thursday.
ZIHAD’S DEATH IN RAILWAY COLONY WELL : HC asks govt to pay compensation
The High Court on Thursday directed the government to pay compensations to the family of minor boy Zihad who died after falling into a 600-foot deep abandoned well at Shahjahanpur railway colony in the capital on December 26, 2014.
