Sadeque jailed for 13yrs

Former Dhaka city mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka was on Tuesday sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 13 years on charge of amassing illegal wealth and hiding information on his assets.

Top al Qaeda leader Sanafi al-Nasr killed in U.S. airstrike, Pentagon says

The leader of an al Qaeda-linked group allegedly bent on attacking the West has been killed in an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition in Syria, U.S. officials said Sunday.

Thousands displaced as Typhoon Koppu pummels northern Philippines

A woman and a teenage boy were killed in the Philippines on Sunday as Typhoon Koppu began its multiday battering of the region.

It's 'Adoption Day' -- launch time for the Iran nuclear deal

It's Sunday, October 18, the day the Iran nuclear deal gets rolling."Adoption Day" for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, as the deal is formally called, means that officials from Iran, the United States and other world powers involved in the deal get started turning it into reality.

Donald Trump: I would have prevented 9/11

Donald Trump says he's not blaming George W. Bush for 9/11, but he claims that if he'd been president, the attacks never would have happened.

Stocks plunge for 3rd day on US travel alert, banks’ exposure cut rumour

Freefall of Dhaka stocks continued for the third trading session on Sunday as the latest travel alert of the US, concern over quarterly performance of some companies and rumours about banks’ move to cut stock exposure haunted investors.

Stay alert about plot against country’s religious harmony: Khaleda

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday urged people regardless of their creed and colour to remain alert so that no one can carry out any evil act against the country’s religious harmony. In a message issued on the occasion of Durga Puja, Khaleda said, ‘Bangladesh is a country of religious harmony. All irrespective of their religion and race will have to remain alert against any evil act.’

Substandard wheat imported again

The Khulna regional office of the Directorate General of Food has refused to receive 21,000 tonne wheat imported from France as it has found the food grains unfit for human consumption. MV Pintel, a flag career of Cyprus, loaded with the wheat, has been lying stranded with 19 crew at Mongla port since October 12, said officials concerned.

SAMIUL MURDER CASE : Court concludes recording testimonies in Sylhet

Recording of testimonies of the prosecution witnesses in the case of sensational killing of a 13-year old child, Samiul Alam Rajon, was concluded on Sunday.

Commuters suffer amid wildcat strike

Wild cat strike by transport owners and workers on Sunday caused untold sufferings to commuters in and around the capital.