U.N.'s Ban Ki-moon to visit North Korea
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon will visit North Korea, the first time the head of the international body will visit the reclusive state in over two decades, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported.
Khaleda to be arrested on her return: Ershad
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Monday said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will be arrested if she returns home from London on charge of embezzling orphans money.
49 banks at risk of facing new defaulted loans of Tk 5,570cr
Bangladesh Bank has assessed that 49 banks are at risk of facing up to Tk 5,570.14 crore in fresh non-performing loans at the end of this year.
PM meets president, reaffirms stance against terrorism
President Abdul Hamid and prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday strongly denounced Paris attacks with the prime minister reaffirming her government’s strong stance against terrorism. The prime minister came up with the resolve against terrorism when she made a courtesy call on president Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban.
Cancer patients miss out on treatment
Over 15 lakh cancer patients in the country struggle to get treatment as there are only one bed for 3,000 cancer patients and only 85 posts of oncologists to treat them at government hospitals.
Dutch queen Máxima in city
In her capacity as the UN secretary-general’s special advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, Dutch queen Máxima arrived here on Monday morning on a three-day visit.
French jets bomb Syria in the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa
French fighter jets bombed a series of ISIS sites in Raqqa, Syria, on Sunday in what officials described as a major bombardment.
Paris attacks: Authorities hunt for a French national
Authorities are hunting for a Belgium-born French national who's one of three brothers suspected in the Paris terror attacks.
10 killed after French high-speed train derails and crashes into canal
At least 10 people were killed in eastern France on Saturday after a high-speed train came off the tracks and plunged into a canal during a test run, authorities said.
Japan's economy is back in recession...again
Yikes! Japan's economy has fallen back into recession. Gross domestic product contracted by an annualized 0.8% in the third quarter, Japan's Cabinet Office said Monday. Growth also shrank in the previous quarter, officially putting the world's third-largest economy on the rocks.
