Gayeshwar sent to jail
A Dhaka metropolitan sessions judge’s court on Wednesday sent Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy to jail in connection with a violence case filed with Rampura police station.
Stop harassment by field-level VAT officials, DCCI urges NBR
Leaders of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday demanded the National Board of Revenue take steps to stop harassment by field-level tax officials while collecting value-added tax.
Dipan’s father Abul Quasem gets death threat, feels insecure
Slain publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan’s father Abul Quasem Fazlul Huq said on Wednesday that he was feeling insecure as he had felt in 1971.
DELTA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION : Netherlands to help Bangladesh
The Netherlands on Wednesday assured Bangladesh of providing all kinds of support and assistance for implementation of its Delta Plan-2100, as the two countries are facing the common problems.
Yet another cop hacked to death at checkpoint
Assailants hacked to death a policeman and injured another in a ‘premeditated’ attack minutes before the law enforcers were setting a makeshift check post on Nabinagar-Chandra highway in Ashulia on the outskirts of the capital Wednesday morning.
Russian plane crash: Was there an explosion?
The clues emerging so far about the final moments of Metrojet Flight 9268 don't paint a clear picture of what happened to the doomed passenger jet.
Presidents of Taiwan, China to hold historic meeting
The leaders of Taiwan and China plan to meet in Singapore on Saturday, according to state media in both countries.
Migrant crisis reaches new high in Europe, U.N. agency says
More migrants fled to Europe last month than in all of last year, exacerbating an already dire situation for both refugees and host countries.
Nissan IDS Concept: Japan's affordable rival to the Tesla Model S?
Autonomous cars are the latest buzz topic in the automobile industry. Nissan, which is showing off its own advances in the technology with the IDS Concept, is one of the big stars at this week's Tokyo Motor Show.
Russian official opens door to Assad's exit, says Syrian people should decide
Russian officials have been embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's most emphatic international backers.
