Four dead after magnitude-6.4 earthquake shocks Taiwan
At least four people were killed Saturday morning when a magnitude-6.4 earthquake hit Taiwan, the Taiwanese Disaster Response Center said.
Trump's unwelcome support: White supremacists
New Hampshire voters may be stunned to hear the latest robocall asking for their vote; it's from white nationalists with a simple, disturbing message.
40,000 fleeing Aleppo as battle for Syrian city intensifies, U.N. group says
The battle for Aleppo -- once Syria's commercial heart -- is intensifying, and video has surfaced appearing to show thousands of civilians streaming out of the devastated city.
Twitter goes to war against ISIS
Twitter has significantly ramped up its anti-ISIS efforts by shutting down thousands of terrorists' accounts and adding staff to monitor terrorist activity on its network.
Al Qaeda group says it holds two Australians
An al Qaeda linked militant group claims it is holding an Australian doctor and his wife who were abducted last month in Burkina Faso.
Any attack on the press is also an attack on democracy : President
President Abdul Hamid on Friday said that the government believed in press freedom but the freedom must have to be used for the wellbeing of the state and the people.
Govt’s tax collection from DSE hits 3-month high in January
The government’s tax collection from Dhaka Stock Exchange, the country’s prime bourse, hit three months high to Tk 15.53 crore in January this year due to improved market situation as well as turnover.
Banks cut rates more in Dec amid lean loan demand
The scheduled banks cut rates of interest on lending further in December last year as the businesspeople continued to show reluctance to receive loans from the banking sector due to sluggish business amid political uncertainty, said officials of Bangladesh Bank.
Muslin history revisited in month-long festival
The history of the once immensely popular muslin, a lightweight cotton fabric of plain weave, is being revisited through a month-long festival that opened at Bangladesh National Museum on Friday.
70 jailed, 6 held for fraudulence in DAE job tests
Seventy jobseekers were jailed for different terms for forgery in recruitment tests in Department of Agriculture Extension on Friday.
