BTRC changes MNP guidelines to shun delay
The Bangladesh telecommunication Regulatory Commission has changed the mobile number portability guidelines with a provision to award the job to second best applicant, if the first applicant fails to deliver, without floating new tender.
BCL’s ‘weird’ protest by splashing blood
Chittagong city unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League staged an unusual protest by pouring their own blood at the entrance of Chittagong government college principal’s office on Saturday.
Fire engulfs downtown Dubai's high-rise Address hotel
Firefighters battled a blaze that engulfed a luxury hotel in Dubai Thursday night while a spectacular New Year's fireworks display lit up the night sky nearby.
Feds: New York man was planning ISIS attack on New Year's Eve
Justice Department officials announced Thursday they had thwarted a Rochester man's plans to kill New Year's Eve revelers in the name of ISIS at an upstate New York bar and restaurant.
Ramadi residents fleeing ISIS: 'They wanted to use us as human shields'
Standing in the entrance of her tent on a chilly winter night in the Iraqi desert, Nada Saleh describes the terrifying moment her family almost became part of ISIS' last stand in Ramadi.
Obama to announce new executive action on guns
President Barack Obama is expected to announce in the coming days a new executive action with the goal of expanding background checks on gun sales, people familiar with White House planning said.
Munich train stations evacuated over concerns of possible terror plans
Two train stations in Munich, Germany, were evacuated and train service stopped on New Year's Eve, a spokesman for the Munich police said, citing concerns of a possible terror plot.
MAYORAL POLLS : AL gets 168, BNP 19 out of 214
The Election Commission on Thursday announced unofficial results of elections to 214 of the 234 municipalities
ENGLISH MEDIUM BOOKS : Project Liberation War history properly: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday directed the authorities concerned to take necessary measures for projecting the history of the War of Liberation in the academic books of the English medium school books.
Security tightened on New Year’s eve
The police, especially Dhaka Metropolitan Police and Rapid Action Battalion, have boosted up security and put restrictions at important places in a bid to ward off any untoward incident on the eve of the New Year keeping in mind the recent attacks.
