Govt hikes vessel rent in fresh blow to Pangaon port
The shipping ministry on Monday increased the container vessel rent by 46.66 per cent for the route of Pangaon Inland Container Terminal-Chittagong Port amid protest by users and other stakeholders.
Deaths, damage reported in powerful Afghanistan quake
The powerful earthquake that struck northeastern Afghanistan on Monday also rattled people in Pakistan, India and Tajikistan, killing dozens, collapsing structures and creating panic.
If meat causes cancer, what can we eat?
You may have just learned that processed meat such as bacon, sausage and ham may cause cancer and unprocessed meat may be "probably carcinogenic to humans," according to a new World Health Organization report. Or that cheese and sugar can be as addictive as a drug. Or that even veggie hot dogs may not be completely meat-free (or even human tissue-free)
Donald Trump describes father's 'small loan': $1 million
Donald Trump on Monday said his climb to the top of the business world hasn't been an easy one and depicted a $1 million loan from his father as "small."
Does Apple have a big China problem?
Will Apple wow investors with its latest earnings like other big tech companies did last week? Or will the results be a major flop -- the Wall Street equivalent of the box office of Aaron Sorkin's "Steve Jobs" movie?
Poland edges further right in election
Poland's parliamentary election has seen the Eastern European nation edge further to the right, an election official announced Monday.
NBR’s Q1 revenue Tk 5,798cr short of target
Earnings by the National Board of Revenue fell short of the target by Tk 5,798.54 crore or 15.81 per cent in the first quarter of the current financial year 2015-16. Revenue board officials attributed the shortfall to fall in domestic consumption and sluggish economic activities in the country.
Govt wants to hold polls creating a vacuum in opposition leadership : BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders on Monday said the government wanted to hold another general election creating a leadership vacuum in the opposition.
Kader’s candidature, EC appeals against HC order
The Election Commission on Monday appealed against a High Court order that had directed it to accept the nomination of Krishak Sramik Janata League president Abdul Kader Siddique in the by-election for the Tangail-4 constituency of Parliament.
Security beefed up at airports, port city
Security personnel at all three international airports in the country were kept on high alert, the Civil Aviation Authorities, Bangladesh officials said Monday. The authorities also suspended movement of visitors who come at the airports to see off or to receive passengers.
