SHAMSHER’S RESIGNATION : Mixed reaction in BNP
Shamsher Mobin’s resignation of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party caused mixed reaction in the party, as senior leaders were indifferent to the matter and grassroots were critical of his decision. BNP vice-chairman Shamsher on Thursday formally announced that he retired from politics and resigned from all posts of BNP citing health ground.
Bogra AL leader arranges electoral feast closing school activities
Kahalu upazila Awami League president Helal Uddin Kabiraj on Thursday arranged a feast at Kahalu Pilot High School in the upazila town allegedly closing all the activities of the school for the day to woo his voters.
4 jailed, 22 held for fraudulence in the DU, JnU admission test
Mobile courts sentenced three admission aspirants, and another person for assisting them, to two years imprisonment each for fraudulence at the Dhaka University and Jagannath University admission tests on Friday.
Prices of edible oil, broiler go up
The prices of unpacked soya bean oil and broiler increased in the capital’s kitchen markets over the week ending Friday.
China one-child policy: Member of first generation looks back at rule's impact
Growing up in Shanghai in the 1980s, I never thought much of the fact that most of my classmates were only children.
First on CNN: German rapper who joined ISIS killed in U.S. strike, official says
A prominent German ISIS propagandist was killed by a U.S. strike while he was traveling in a vehicle in Syria earlier this month, a U.S. official told CNN.
Knives, guns, blood and fear: Inside the Texas biker shootout
After the guns fell silent on May 17 -- one of the bloodiest afternoons in the history of American motorcycle clubs -- nine bikers lay dead in a strip mall parking lot littered with weapons.
James Clapper: Vladimir Putin in Syria is 'winging this'
Moscow's escalating militancy in Syria comes not because of careful strategic decisions but rather because Russian President Vladimir Putin is "winging this," Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told CNN Thursday in an exclusive interview.
Pentagon: 'We're in combat' in Iraq
The Pentagon conceded Wednesday that U.S. troops are in combat in Iraq after days of dancing around the characterization following the first death of U.S. service member in the campaign against ISIS.
Idle forex reserve swells further to $27b
The country’s foreign exchange reserve crossed US$ 27 billion mark for the first time on Thursday as the International Monetary Fund released US$ 255 million loan on the day amid heavy purchase of the US dollars by the central bank from local banks.
