Hong Kong's 'Umbrella' protest: One year on, what has changed?
It was an unexpected outburst of violence that shocked Hong Kong and the world. One year ago on Monday, police in riot gear moved in on peaceful pro-democracy protesters, using tear gas to disperse the crowds.
PM pledges to do more for gender parity
Expressing her government’s strong political will to move forward with gender equality and women’s empowerment, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Bangladesh is pledge-bound to continue to work for the socioeconomic and political empowerment of the women and higher education for girls.
Skypower to invest $4.3b in B’desh solar power
Skypower Global, one of the world’s largest and most successful utility-scale solar power producing companies, will invest $4.3 billion in solar power sector in Bangladesh.
Khaleda, Tarique AL’s greatest fear: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, in London at present, said on Thursday that she and her eldest son Tarique Rahman were the ‘biggest fear’ of the Awami League. ‘The biggest fear of Awami Lea gue is Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman,’ Khaleda said while exchanging Eid greetings in London on the day of Eid-ul-Azha.
HAJJ STAMPEDE : 4 Bangladeshis confirmed dead
At least four Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims died in a stampede in Mina in Saudi Arabia and scores went missing after the incident on September 24, the foreign ministry confirmed on Sunday. The Bangladesh Hajj mission control room in Makkah initially enlisted names of a total of 158 hajj pilgrims as missing, but most of them returned to their respective tents and hotels, a control room official told New Age over phone Sunday evening.
Hajj stampede death toll rises to 769
Saudi Arabia deployed large numbers of security reinforcements Saturday as pilgrims performed the final rituals of a hajj marred by double tragedy, with the death toll from a stampede rising to 769.
Defector wants to return to North Korea
Of the tens of thousands of North Koreans who have fled to South Korea since the Great Famine of the late 1990's, only a rare few have ever asked to return.
Pope notes: Child hand delivers a letter to Francis
During the motorcade on the National Mall, Pope Francis stopped to kiss babies and children. One young girl got through the barrier and handed the Pope a letter.
Mike Huckabee: Obama pretends to be a Christian
Mike Huckabee suggested President Barack Obama "pretends to be" a Christian in knocking the President's handling of Pope Francis' first visit to the U.S.
Tanners set rawhide price 28pc lower than last year
The leather sector leaders on Wednesday announced the prices of rawhide of sacrificial animals setting 26-28 per cent lower than the prices of last year citing fall in prices and slow demand in the international market.
