234 municipalities to go to polls on Dec 30
Out of the country’s 323 municipalities 234 would go to polls on December 30, chief election commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad announced Tuesday. He announced the schedule for the civic polls at a news briefing at the Election Commission’s media centre.
Paris attacks: Possible suicide vest found
Security forces sealed off streets in a Paris suburb Monday and a bomb squad headed to the scene after investigators found a possible suicide vest in a garbage can.
After a French tragedy, an ugly fight in America
An ugly week in politics turned the tragedy of Paris into a raging domestic quarrel as many of America's leaders struggled to prove they were equal to a terrifying moment.
Syria exclusive: Kurdish forces dig in just outside ISIS headquarters in Raqqa
When Bahoz heard the blasts, he guessed they must have come from French jets. There were 14 of them, all around the time that President Francois Hollande said France had started bombing Raqqa.
Drunk Russian sailor crashes 7,000-ton ship into Scotland -- at full speed
What shall we do with a drunken sailor?Don't put him in charge of a 7,000-ton, 423-foot (129-meter) cargo ship, for starters.
Moroccan woman mistaken for Paris jihadi: I live in continuous fear
Nabila Bakkatha was surprised to find photos of her published in a number of international newspapers last week.
SQC, MOJAHEED EXECUTION : PM criticises media coverage of families’ reactions
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday criticised the way some private television channels and newspapers covered reactions of the families of hanged war crimes convicts Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed.
50 orgs hold bulk of BASIC’s Tk 4,146cr defaulted loans
The top 50 defaulters of BASIC Bank hold 83.99 per cent, or Tk 3,482.58 crore, of the bank’s defaulted loans as the management of the state-owned bank did not take adequate measures to recover the non-performing loans.
WP wants govt to ban politics of Jamaat, Shibir
Workers Party of Bangladesh, a partner of the Awami League-led alliance on Monday demanded a ban on politics of Jamaat-e-Islami, the main Islamist party of the country and its front student organisation, Islami Chhatra Shibir.
JAMAAT’S HARTAL : Life remains almost normal
Traffic movements in major cities were almost normal although presence of cars in the streets was thin and long route buses operated less in number because of shortage of passengers during the general strike on Monday called by the Jamaat-e-Islami.
