SCHOOLBOY SHOOTING : AL MP lands in jail
Ruling Awami League lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton landed in jail on Thursday in two cases including one on charge of shooting a nine-year-old schoolboy in the legs in Gaibandha on October 2.
Israeli-Palestinian violence: What you need to know
Over the past few weeks, violence in the decades long Israeli-Palestinian conflict has flared up. Bloodshed is not unusual in this part of the Middle East but this particular wave of aggression -- stabbings as well as a shooting and driving into crowds -- is very different from rocket attacks or the orchestrated suicide bombings of the past.
Donald Trump says Russia isn't to blame for MH17, despite evidence
Donald Trump doesn't believe there is enough evidence to blame pro-Russian separatists for last year's downing of a commercial airliner over Ukraine -- despite the fact that the U.S. intelligence community believes "with confidence" that pro-Russian separatists shot it down.
Democratic debate: 6 takeaways from Las Vegas
It was a victorious comeback for Hillary Clinton, a front-runner who has been on the downswing. The former secretary of state and first lady, who once came within a few cracks of shattering the glass ceiling to win a major party's presidential nomination, stepped on to a debate stage once more Tuesday night.
Officials: U.S. and Russia close to agreement on Syria flights
The United States and Russia are in the process of finalizing a memorandum of understanding regarding safety over Syrian airspace, a U.S. official told CNN Wednesday.
Iran broadcasts images of underground missile facilities
Iran broadcast images Wednesday of underground missile facilities and launchers, the country's semi-official FARS news agency reported.
SCHOOLBOY SHOOTING : Gaibandha MP Liton arrested, finally
The Detective Branch of police on Wednesday night arrested ruling Awami League lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton at a house in the capital’s Uttara on charge of attempted murder of a nine-year old boy in Gaibandha.
Power plants to affect flora and fauna of Sunderbans
Leaders of the Communist Party of Bangladesh and Socialist Party of Bangladesh on Wednesday said that the people of the country would not allow any power plant projects destroying the Sunderban, the biggest mangrove forest in the world.
Banks facing cash dollar shortage
Bangladesh Bank has requested National Board of Revenue to withdraw tax on import of US dollar notes by local banks from their foreign corresponding banks as they (local banks) are now facing cash dollar crisis.
Plot was there to create a situation in Bangladesh: PM
In an apparent reference to the recent murders of two foreign nationals, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said there was a plot to tarnish Bangladesh’s image through creating a situation in the country with the killings.
