Children to be kept out of risky jobs
Speakers at a views-exchange meeting here on Monday underscored the need for stopping children from engaging in hazardous and risky jobs and ensuring equal rights to underprivileged children.
Rajon’s father says he was threatened, offered bribe
Samiul Alam Rajon’s father Sheikh Azizul Islam on Sunday expressed anxiety over security of his family members.
SAMIUL, RAKIB KILLINGS : 6 sentenced to death
Courts on Sunday sentenced six persons to death in separate cases of torturing and killing 13-year old Samiul Alam Rajon in Sylhet and 12-year-old Rakib Hawlader in Khulna earlier this year. The brutal killings of the two minor boys, who earned their living, caused huge outrage at home and abroad.
Businesses’ loan appetite sluggish amid uncertainty
The private sector credit growth inched up in September from that of the previous month, but still remained lower than the target set in the monetary policy as the businesspeople maintained a ‘wait-and-see’ approach amid political uncertainty.
AL shuts doors to BNP, Jamaat
The ruling Awami League has closed its doors to Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat-e-Islami activists apparently to stop their influx into the ruling party taking refuge to avoid repression.
Govt under pressure to admit IS existence: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on said on Sunday that recent killings and attacks on foreigners, publishers and bloggers were pre-planned and her government was under tremendous pressure to acknowledge that militants of Islamic State existed in Bangladesh.
U.S. officials express growing confidence bomb downed Russian plane
The United States appears to be increasingly confident that a terrorist bomb brought down the Russian passenger jet that broke apart over Egypt.
Myanmar polls close as citizens vote in freest elections in decades
Myanmar citizens voted Sunday in a landmark election as the party of veteran democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi seeks a bigger role in the political process.
Starbucks' plain red holiday cups stir up controversy
This year's holiday season red cups at Starbucks have stirred up critics who accuse the company of waging a war on Christmas.
Trump says Bush 41 adviser approached him about becoming VP
Donald Trump says he first got the taste of presidential politics in 1988. A new biography of George H.W. Bush by Jon Meacham reveals that Bush became aware that Trump was interested in becoming vice president.
