Bangladesh to move ahead overcoming all obstacles: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday expressed the firm resolve that Bangladesh would continue to move ahead overcoming all obstacles with the united efforts of people of all religions.
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS : BNP leaders Altaf, Zainul come under attack
Two senior leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party came under attacks in Patuakhali and Comilla by ruling Awami League activists on Tuesday while they were conducting electioneering for BNP mayoral candidates for the December 30 municipal polls.
BB officials protest against relegation in new pay scale
Bangladesh Bank officials on Tuesday took part in a demonstration to protest at the new 8th national pay scale that ‘socially and economically relegated them in comparison to first class gazetted officials.’
Govt college teachers to abstain from work
Government college teachers would abstain from work on January 4 and 5 unless the government restored time scales and selection grades by December 31.
10 killed in BSF plane crash
Director general-level meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh and Indian Border Security Force, which was scheduled for today to begin, was postponed as 10 people were killed in a BSF plane crash near Delhi airport soon after taking off on Tuesday morning.
Massive rescue effort underway after landslide at south China waste dump
Close to 3,000 people were part of the massive rescue effort underway Monday after a landslide in south China, state media reported.
Former official: Iranians hacked into New York dam
Iranian hackers breached a dam outside of New York in 2013, according to a former official, managing to get control of the flood gates.
Donald Trump on reporters: 'I would never kill them'
Even Donald Trump has limits. The Republican front-runner -- who frequently lambasts the media as "scum" or "horrible" -- reassured reporters at rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Monday that he had no desire to execute the press who cover him.
How Nirbhaya rape case points to India's deep-rooted problem with women
There's crime and then there's evil, pure and simple. By any standards, the events of December 12, 2012 can only be described as evil -- the very worst depravity our race is capable of.
Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang gets suspended sentence
High-profile Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang has been given a suspended three-year prison sentence, state media reported Tuesday.
