Huda launches Trinamul BNP
Former Bangladesh Nationalist Party minister Nazmul Huda launched a new political party, Trinamul BNP, on Friday aiming at ‘protecting BNP from destruction.’
PRESIDENTIAL CLEMENCY : SQC, Mojaheed keep decision pending
The Dhaka Central Jail authority has taken all preparations to execute war crime death row convicts Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed but they are now waiting whether the duo will seek presidential clemency or not.
Paris attacks at a glance: Thursday's developments
French investigators said Thursday that Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected mastermind of the Paris terrorist attacks, died Wednesday in a major police operation in Saint-Denis, a suburb of the city.
Who was Abdelhamid Abaaoud, suspected ringleader of Paris attack?
Even in death, Abdelhamid Abaaoud was hard to pin down.It took investigators a day to confirm the suspected ringleader of last week's terror attacks in Paris was dead.
American student among 3 killed in West Bank assault
An American yeshiva student was among three people killed in the West Bank when an attacker fired shots from a vehicle and then rammed pedestrians with the car, the Israel Defense Forces said.
Kuwait arrests six suspected ISIS cell members
Six men suspected of belonging to an ISIS terror cell have been arrested by authorities in the Middle East country of Kuwait.
PM cancels her Malta, France tours
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has cancelled her Malta and France tours considering the overall situation both at home and in Europe, said an official.
Ganajagaran Mancha protests at Jamaat’s countrywide shutdown
The Ganajagaran Mancha brought out a procession in the capital on Thursday protesting at the day-long nationwide shutdown enforced by Jamaat-e-Islami over the Supreme Court verdict that sentenced its leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed to death.
Muhith wants a fixed day for income tax payment by 2018
Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Thursday instructed the National Board Revenue to work for introduction of a ‘fixed day’ for submission of income tax returns by the taxpayers.
INDO-BANGLA LAND SWAP : People opting for India start leaving Bangladesh
Sixty-three people from former Indian enclaves inside Bangladesh territory moved to India Thursday afternoon through the Burimari land port in the first part of such movement following the transfer of territories in adverse possession between the two countries over three and a half months back.
