Denim manufacturers eye $7b in exports by 2021
Denim exporters expect that their export volume would reach $7 billion by 2021, should they can address the challenges including crisis of gas connection and innovative technical knowhow.
SCHOOLBOY SHOOTING : MP Manjurul denied bail
A Gaibandha court on Sunday denied ruling Awami League lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton bail in two cases on charges of attempting to kill a minor boy shooting at him in the legs and vandalising ..
PM for Ganges barrage on Padma under Indo-Bangla jv
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday stressed developing a Ganges barrage on the Padma River in Bangladesh under a joint venture of Bangladesh and India. The prime minister came up with the view when outgoing Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh Pankaj Saran met her at her office.
MPs turn JS into mock puppet show: TIB
The Transparency International Bangladesh on Sunday censured MPs for turning Parliament into a mock puppet show.
BOMB ATTACK AT SHIA SITE : No clue, no headway in probe
The police have yet to establish a motive for or clue to the bomb attack on Shia Muslims at Hussaini Dalan in Dhaka that killed a teenage boy was killed and scores others were injured, some of them badly, on early Saturday.
4 killed, 44 hurt when car hits crowd at Oklahoma State parade
A woman suspected of drunken driving crashed a car into a crowd of spectators at Oklahoma State University's homecoming parade, killing four people -- including a 2-year-old -- authorities in Stillwater said Saturday.
Hurricane Patricia dissipates in Mexico; flooding, mudslide concerns remain
Patricia, the strongest hurricane ever recorded at sea, approached Mexico's Pacific coast with such ferocity that one official predicted it would become the most dangerous storm in history.
Kerry: Israel agrees to surveillance at disputed Jerusalem holy site
Israel's Prime Minister has agreed to 24-hour video surveillance at a disputed Jerusalem holy site -- a move that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said could be "a game-changer" to reduce regional bloodshed.
Russian airstrike hits Syrian hospital, aid group says
After the first airstrike hit near a hospital in eastern Idlib, Syria, no one was injured, according to one local man.
PM reaffirms BD’s commitment to zero tolerance for terrorism
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday said that Bangladesh would continue to do its part in promoting a culture of peace and non-violence and uphold a policy of zero tolerance for all forms of terrorism and violent extremism.
