Super Typhoon Koppu makes landfall over northern Philippines
Super Typhoon Koppu's eye smashed into northern Philippines' Luzon island with ferocious winds and rain early Sunday, just the early stages of what forecasters fear could be a three-day period of floods and landslides.
Bad poll numbers: Taiwan's ruling party votes to replace presidential candidate
Taiwan's ruling pro-Beijing Kuomintang (KMT) party moved to nominate its chairman as the party's new bid for the 2016 presidential election, replacing its former candidate who had been facing increasing setbacks in polls.
China looks to the stars with creation of world's largest radio telescope
Is there anybody out there?A massive engineering and scientific project in China is expected to take us one step closer in our quest to discover if we are truly alone in the universe.
Bush ridicules Trump's fitness to lead military in new video
The long-running feud between Jeb Bush and Donald Trump escalated yet again Saturday, with the former Florida governor releasing a two-minute video on social media mocking the billionaire's fitness to be commander-in-chief.
Reconsider Rampal power plant: WP
Workers Party of Bangladesh, a partner of the Awami League led government, urged the government to reconsider implementation of coal based Rampal Thermal Power Plant near the Sunderbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world.
Imran H Sarker threatened with death
Ganajagaran Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarker has been threatened with death allegedly by a member of ‘Islamic State Bangladesh’.
SWISS BANK ACCOUNTS : Moosa named ‘Abu Daid’: ACC
The Anti-Corruption Commission has asked the central bank to seek information from the central bank of Switzerland on ‘Abu Daid Mohammad’, an alias apparently used by controversial Bangladeshi businessman Moosa Bin Shamsher.
More tax benefits for foreign officials at high-tech parks
The government has relaxed one of the major conditions related to availing tax benefits by the technically-expert foreign employees in the country’s economic zones and hi-tech parks. It has also offered several tax and duty benefits to the investors and developers in the zones and parks to ‘encourage’ both the foreign and local investment.
12 injured as factions of Ulema League clash in city
At least 12 people were injured in a factional clash of Ulema League, ruling Awami League-backed Islamic clerics’ organisation, in front of National Press Club, in the capital on Saturday. Police and witnesses said both the groups gathered in front of the Press Club to hold their scheduled human chain, protesting against militancy in the country around 10:30am.
People smugglers hover as Afghans look to flee uncertainty
If anything can give an indication of the mood of Afghans these days, it's the rush to get a passport.
