Navy to get 2 submarines next year: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said two submarines will be added to the fleet of Bangladesh Navy by mid next year to turn it into a three-dimensional force.
BNP briefs diplomats on ‘irregularities’
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday briefed foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka on the ‘violation of electoral code by the ruling party’, the ‘biased’ role of the administration and the ‘subservient’ role of the Election Commission in the municipal polls to 234 municipalities slated for December 30.
600 homeless in separate slum fires in city
Separate fires at slums in the capital’s Adabor and Tejgaon areas damaged more than 130 shanties, leaving over 600 people homeless on Wednesday.
Five-day REHAB fair begins in city
Housing and public works minister Mosharraf Hossain on Wednesday said allowing undeclared money to invest in the housing sector could reduce siphoning off money abroad. He suggested removing legal complications regarding the use of undeclared money for buying or constructing houses.
Outcome of WTO’s MC10 frustrating for B’desh: CPD
The Centre for Policy Dialogue on Wednesday termed the outcome of the 10th ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation frustrating for the least developed countries like Bangladesh.
Iraqis say they're trying to retake Ramadi's center from ISIS
Iraqi forces sneaked across an improvised bridge Tuesday and attacked ISIS in the key city of Ramadi, the Iraqi military said, aiming to recapture the provincial capital whose fall to ISIS months ago drew U.S. criticism about Baghdad's ability to fight the terror group.
Survivor pulled from the rubble days after deadly China landslide
The parents of 6-year-old Hong Laibao were delivering goods at an industrial park in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen when a mountain of construction waste collapsed, engulfing factory buildings and homes.
Muslims shield Christians when Al-Shabaab attacks bus in Kenya
Their M.O. is a tried and terrifying one: Launch a raid, single out Christians, and then spray them with bullets.
Trump: 'Schlonged' is not vulgar
Donald Trump took to Twitter Tuesday to defend using the word "schlonged" to describe Hillary Clinton's primary loss in 2008, saying the word is "not vulgar."
French investigators arrest two terror suspects
Two men were arrested in connection with a planned attack against civil servants in the French city of Orléans that was foiled last week, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Tuesday.
