Remittance inflow drops in five months
Remittance inflow decreased by 0.68 per cent in the first five months of the financial year 2015-16 compared with that in the same period of the FY15 which might put an adverse impact on the country’s socio-economic situation.
Keep girl’s marriage age strictly at 18
Samajik Protirodh Committee, a platform of 68 women human rights and development organisations on Wednesday demanded the marriage age for girls is kept at 18 and the child marriage restraint bill 2014 is changed in this regard.
Syria airstrikes: Has the West learned nothing after its 9/11 response?
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron is determined to deal with the threat from international terrorists. Or so he keeps saying. The problem is that Cameron's proposed air strikes in Syria are likely to escalate the threat, while his government's policies elsewhere in the Middle East are also providing nourishment to "Islamic State" (ISIS) and al Qaeda.
Could Donald Trump win the GOP nomination?
By conventional political wisdom, Donald Trump should be a presidential has-been by now.
Moscow says Turkey shot down plane to protect oil trade with ISIS
Tensions between Russia and Turkey, already playing different roles in Syria's bloody civil war, escalated with the downing of a Russian warplane on November 24.
Obama warns Putin on intervening in Syria's civil war
President Barack Obama warned his Russian counterpart Tuesday against intervening in Syria's civil war, suggesting that Vladimir Putin is aware of the dangers his country faces by entering the bloody conflict.
Fakhrul released from jail on bail
Nearly one month into his arrest, Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was freed from jail on bail on Tuesday.
Pakistan can’t hide 1971 genocide: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday said that Pakistan in no way can hide the fact of ‘genocide’ and ‘atrocities’ staged by its army during the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh.
Pakistan’s unconditional apology demanded
Forum for Secular Bangladesh and Trial of War Criminals of 1971 on Tuesday demanded unconditional apology of Pakistan for hurting the sentiment of Bangladeshi people through its falsehood.
APPROVAL OF ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT REPORTS : RMG sector unhappy over buyer groups’ delay
The readymade garment factory owners are unhappy with the delay the two platforms of European Union and North American brands and retailers are making in approving detailed engineering assessment reports of the RMG factory buildings.
