Summons hung on gate of Khaleda’s house
A summons issued by the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court, asking Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia to appear before it on March 3, was hung on the gate of her Gulshan house on Tuesday as none received it.
Work as people’s trusted friends
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the members of Bangladesh Police to be the servants of people facing all the challenges and stand beside the helpless and endangered ones as their trusted friends.
New customs act to be passed in budget session
The proposed Customs Act-2015 is likely to get approval of the national parliament in the next budget session in a bid to automate and modernise the customs and business procedures in international trade.
Book fair preparation in full swing
Preparation for Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2016 is going on in full swing as publishers are busy overseeing the last minute preparation at publishing houses as well as at fair ground where stalls are being decorated.
Rivers around Dhaka in death throes
The government taskforce formed to save the rivers flowing around the capital city — Buriganga, Turag, Sitalakkhya and Balu – have failed miserably to stop the rampant encroachment and mindless pollution of the water bodies.
DISPARITY IN PAY SCALE : Govt college teachers begin 3-day work abstention
Teachers of government colleges began work abstention for three days on Tuesday for removal of disparities in the new pay structure.
Poll: Clinton tops Sanders, but lead shrinks
A majority of Democratic voters say Hillary Clinton is their top choice in the race for their party's nomination, but her margin over Bernie Sanders is smaller than it has been at any point since before the field narrowed to three.
Report: Syria's al-Nusra 'more dangerous' than ISIS
Al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, Jabhat al-Nusra, is a greater threat to the United States in the long term than is ISIS, making the United States' current single-minded focus on the latter group misguided, a new report is charging.
Trump, Clinton go to church in Iowa
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton went to church Sunday morning in Iowa.
Suspected Boko Haram bombers kill 25 in Cameroon market attack
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have blown themselves up in a market in Cameroon, killing at least 25 people and injuring 62 others.