Russia says bomb brought down jet in Sinai, offers $50 million reward
The Russian passenger jet that crashed over Sinai, Egypt, was brought down by a bomb estimated to contain 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of explosives, the head of the Russian Federal Security Service said Tuesday, and the Russian government is offering a $50 million reward for information about those who brought it down.
TRANSSHIPMENT FEE : Delhi to pay Tk 192 per tonne
Dhaka and Delhi on Tuesday agreed to fix Tk 192.22 as transshipment fee for a metric tonne of Indian goods to be passed through the Ashuganj river port to and from north-eastern part of India.
SC order on Mojaheed’s review petition today
The Appellate Division said Tuesday that today it would give the order on the review petition of war crime death-row inmate Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed against his sentence. Earlier, the apex court upheld his death sentence.
Tarana asks BTRC to ink deal with Facebook
State minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim on Tuesday asked the telecom regulator to speed up the process to strike an agreement with Facebook in a bid to tackle national security issues and prevent violence against women.
Bangladesh still needs to do a lot for financial inclusion: Máxima
Appreciating Bangladesh’s progress in terms of financial inclusion, Dutch Queen Máxima on Tuesday said the country still needed to do a lot to ‘accelerate’ financial inclusion bringing unbanked poor people under financial services.
Bhashani remembered as pioneer of independence
Political parties from both ruling and opposition camps paid tribute to the memory of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani marking his 39th death anniversary on Tuesday. At a discussion, some of them alleged that a quarter was trying to remove the name of Bhashani from history.
'France is at war,' President Francois Hollande says after Paris attacks
Declaring that "France is at war," President Francois Hollande on Monday proposed sweeping new laws and more spending on public safety in response to Friday's terror attacks in Paris -- promising to eradicate terrorism, but not at the expense of his country's freedom.
Who is Abdelhamid Abaaoud, suspected ringleader of the Paris terror attack?
The suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks has been on the counterterrorism radar for some time.
Widow of Beirut bomb attack hero Adel Termos: 'He made us proud'
The family of a man hailed as a hero for tackling a suspected ISIS suicide bomber during an attack in Beirut on Thursday, at the cost of his own life, say they feel immense pride at his actions.
Inside the Obama-Putin power huddle
It is a curious thing, at a summit as big as the G-20, to see world leaders just mingling together in their downtime between sessions.
