Tamir Rice shooting: No charges for officers
Prosecutors say the police officer who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice outside a Cleveland recreation center last year won't face criminal charges. Neither will the other officer who was with him.
Saudi Arabia crushed by cheap oil - and the cuts are coming
Saudi Arabia's finances are getting slammed by the crash in oil prices. The government spent way more than it collected in 2015 -- leading to a budget deficit of nearly $100 billion.
Close New Year celebrations before sunset, says PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday asked her cabinet colleagues to remain alert against possible acts of sabotage in the backdrop of recent militant attacks in different places.
Khaleda urges people to protect voting right
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday urged people to resist in a peaceful and united manner the ruling party’s plan of spreading ‘evil-influence’ in municipal polls slated for Wednesday.
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS : Campaigns end amid violence
Amid widespread violence and harassments by supporters of ruling Awami League candidates the campaigns in the country’s maiden municipal mayoral elections, under party nominations, set for tomorrow, ended on Monday midnight.
Govt asked to use khas lands to set up special economic zone in Habiganj
Politicians, academics and professionals on Monday called on the Awami League-led government to abandon 511 acres of agricultural land acquisition project of two tea estates in Habiganj for setting up a special economic zone.
TELCOS’ SERVICE QUALITY : Telecom regulator to restart drive with added parameters
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has decided to restart the drive to check the quality of service of the mobile phone operators with added parameters.
South Korea, Japan reach agreement on 'comfort women'
Japan and South Korea have reached an agreement over the long-standing issue of "comfort women" -- the term used to describe sex slaves used by the Japanese military during World War II.
2 ‘robbers’ killed in Sunderbans ‘gunfight’
Two suspected robbers were killed in a reported gunfight with the members of Rapid Action Battalion in the Sunderbans in Mongla of Bagerhat on Monday morning.
Hearing on charge framing against Khaleda, others in Niko graft case deferred
A Special Judges’s Court in Monday deferred to February 17 the hearing on framing charges against Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and 10 others in a graft case filed during the military-backed caretaker government in 2007 involving a Canadian resources company.
