NEW PAY SCALE DISPARITY : Protests to widen next week
Protests by the public university teachers and the Bangladesh Bank officials demanding removal of disparities from the new pay structure on Thursday badly affected academic activities at the country’s seats of learning and the central bank.
North Korea claims to test hydrogen bomb; U.S., others not so sure
North Korea bragged Wednesday about the "spectacular success" of its first hydrogen bomb test, a defiant act that leader Kim Jong Un, in a statement read on state television, said would "make the world ... look up to our strong nuclear country."
Austria police suspect murder-suicide after head, body parts found in lake
Police in Austria appear to have a bizarre murder-suicide case on their hands. Authorities believe a man killed a woman and then dismembered her before encasing her head in concrete. His body was found submerged in a lake.
Cologne mayor's 'arm's length' advice to avoid sex attacks draws ridicule
Cologne's mayor has come under fire for advising women to stay "an arm's length" from male strangers after alleged sexual assaults and muggings during New Year's Eve festivities in the German city.
China lands more planes on man-made island in South China Sea
China says it has landed two civilian aircraft on an artificial island it has built in disputed waters in the South China Sea, just days after Vietnam objected to a similar maneuver.
Trump: North Korea is China's problem to fix
Donald Trump says he's sick and tired of the United States acting as the world's policeman.
4G spectrum auction by 2016: Tarana
The government will hold auction of 4G spectrum in the current year along with the remaining spectrum of 2G and 3G, state minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim said on Wednesday.
Relations with Pakistan dip further
Bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Pakistan have become cold after the recent forced withdrawal of a Pakistani diplomat from Dhaka and subsequent retaliation by Islamabad. Parliament is likely to hold a debate on relations with Pakistan and its role regarding war crimes trial and execution of war criminals in Bangladesh in its upcoming session to begin on January 20.
Two labour bodies to merge
Two labour organisations – Jatiya Sramik Federation Bangladesh and Jatiya Sramik Federation – are going to merge into a single body.
WAR CRIMES : SC upholds Nizami’s death sentence
The Appellate Division on Wednesday upheld the death sentence of Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for planning the killings of intellectuals in Dhaka and mass killings at two places in Pabna during the War of Independence.
