Khaleda urges voter to go to cast votes
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday urged voters to go to the polling stations and cast their vote in the election to the 234 municipal councils slated for Wednesday.
Public univ teachers fume at new pay
Teachers at several public universities in the country, including Rajshahi University and Jahangirnagar University, began protesting at the new national pay scale for being ‘discriminatory’.
3 JMB men held
The detective police on Sunday said they, in a continued raid, arrested three suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh in Chittagong and seized a US-made sniper rifle with ammunition, explosives and Bangladesh Army’s combat uniform.
European cities warned of possible terror attack, say Vienna police
An unnamed "friendly" intelligence service has warned several European cities of possible terror attacks, according to a statement released Saturday by police in Vienna, Austria.
Trump claims credit for DHS deportation plan
Donald Trump is taking credit for the Obama administration's reported plans to step up deportations of families early next year, and claimed Saturday that "criminal deportations" are at their lowest number in years.
Trash talk: What Putin's presidential potty mouth is all about
It was a classic "Putin moment."A huge hall filled with almost a thousand journalists, his formal "year-ender" December 17 news conference, broadcast live on all the major Russian TV networks and websites.
French journalist Ursula Gauthier kicked out of China for slamming Beijing's Uyghur policy
Chinese authorities say they're not renewing the press credentials for a French journalist whose recent reporting questioned Beijing's "ulterior motives" in standing in solidarity with France after the November Paris attacks, and criticized China's handling of its Uyghur minority.
ISIS leader purportedly tells fighters: 'You are on the right path'
As ISIS fends off ground attacks around places like Ramadi and airstrikes by U.S., Russian and other forces, its leader purportedly fired back in an audio message that surfaced online Saturday, mocking the Western coalition aligned against him, threatening Israel and trying to boost his own forces' morale.
SHIA MOSQUE ATTACK : No headway in probe
There is almost no headway in probe in one month after the gun-attack at a Shia mosque in Bogra that killed one and injured three on November 26.
TIGHTENED SECURITY AT HSIA : RMG sector hit by delay in delivery of imported goods
Readymade garment exporters on Saturday alleged that the delay in making delivery of raw materials imported through air cargoes was disrupting the supply chain of the export-oriented sector.
