Work to raise people’s purchasing power
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the private sector to work for boosting productivity in mills and factories which will ultimately increase the purchasing power of common people.
Left parties organise anti-power-plant road march to Sunderbans
Democratic Left Alliance, a combine of eight left leaning political parties will organise a road march to the Sundarban to press home their demand for cancelling the Rampal Thermal Power Plant project.
HOLDING LOCAL POLLS ON PARTY LINES : Changes in laws on cards
The cabinet on Monday approved five draft bills seeking amendments to as many local government laws to allow political parties to field candidates in local polls.
SHOOTING AT MINOR BOY : HC asks MP to surrender by Oct 18
The High Court on Monday asked ruling Awami League lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton to surrender to the lower court by October 18 in an attempted murder case filed against him for shooting at a schoolboy in the legs in Gaibandha on October 2.
Alison Blake new British HC to Bangladesh
Foreign and Commonwealth office of the United Kingdom on Monday announced Alison Blake as the new British high commissioner to Bangladesh.
Convoy including ISIS leader hit by airstrike, Iraq's military says
Iraq's military claims its air force struck a convoy in western Anbar province that included ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Iran test-fires new generation long-range ballistic missiles, state media report
Iran has successfully test-fired a new precision-guided, long-range missile, state-run media reported on Sunday.
Nepal elects new prime minister
Nepal's Parliament on Sunday elected Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli as the country's 38th prime minister.
Syria's war: Everything you need to know about how we got here
It began with the arrests of a handful of children in 2011. Since then it's exploded into the biggest humanitarian crisis since the Second World War.
Thousands gather in Ankara in aftermath of deadly blasts that killed scores
Thousands of people gathered in the streets of Ankara on Sunday near the site of two deadly bomb blasts that tore through crowds taking part in a peace rally in the capital a day earlier.
