Muhith unveils IDCOL’s new logo

Finance minister AMA Muhith on Monday unveiled the new logo of Infrastructural Development Company Limited at a hotel in the capital.

Journalist Faruque killed in road accident

Former deputy editor of Bangla daily Kaler Kantha Abdullah Al Faruque died at Square Hospital on Sunday morning after being hit by a truck in the city’s Kakrail area early Sunday. He was 53.

Martyred Intellectuals Day today

The nation commemorates today the countless intellectuals who embraced martyrdom in the hands of Pakistani occupation army and its local killing squads on this day in 1971.

Obama: Climate change deal the 'best chance' to save planet

President Barack Obama on Saturday hailed the acceptance of a final draft of an ambitious, global climate change agreement in Paris, calling it the "best chance" to save the planet.

Cruz opens up 10-point lead on Trump in Iowa

Ted Cruz has soared ahead of Donald Trump in a new Iowa poll, opening up a 10-point lead in the critical first-in-the-nation voting state.

Polls open in Saudi Arabia, first time women allowed to vote

Saudi Arabia women voted in municipal elections Saturday morning, marking the first time they have been allowed to cast ballots in the conservative nation.

Victims describe assaults by convicted ex-Oklahoma City cop Daniel Holtzclaw

One of the women assaulted by former Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw said she feared for her life when he pulled her over last year and forced her to perform a sex act on him.

At least 87 killed in latest Burundi violence

At least 87 people were killed in clashes with the Burundi military in the capital of Bujumbura that began a day earlier, an army representative said Saturday.

Keep country safe from BNP-Jamaat hyenas: PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged all to strengthen the hands of Awami League so that the country cannot go under the grip of hyenas like BNP-Jamaat. ‘Let the hands of Awami League be strengthened so that the parties of hyenas cannot play with the fate of people,’ she said.

Khaleda asks party leaders to go to local areas for electioneering

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia Saturday night asks party leaders to go to their local areas to take part in electioneering in the upcoming municipal polls, and stay in the race till last moment.