Thailand issues warrant for Chinese man in bombing probe
Thai authorities have an arrest warrant out for a Chinese man in connection with last month's fatal bombing at a Bangkok shrine, a senior police spokesman said Saturday.
Children to get modern education: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said Bangladesh will be built in a way where all the children will get modern education along with the knowledge of modern technologies. ‘We want to build Bangladesh in such a way where the children will get modern education and equipped with the knowledge of modern technologies,’ she said.
Commonwealth SG Sharma calls on Khaleda
Visiting Commonwealth secretary general Kamalesh Sharma on Saturday night called on Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia. Kamalesh met Khaleda at her Gulshan office at about 9:50pm and the meeting lasted for more than an hour.
Muhith urges students to stand guard against tuition fee hike
The finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, on Saturday asked private university students to prepare for a movement against university authorities if the authorities tried to increase tuition fees in the next year.
VAT ON TUITION FEES : Protests spread to cities
Agitated students of private universities in the capital continued to protest for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday while their fellows at Savar, Chittagong, Sylhet and Rajshahi joined in, for withdrawal of value added tax imposed on their tuition fees.
107 killed in crane collapse at Mecca's Grand Mosque
A powerful storm toppled a construction crane Friday afternoon at the Masjid al-Haram, or Grand Mosque, in Mecca -- killing at least 107 people and injuring 238 others, Saudi Arabia's civil defense authorities said on Twitter.
9/11 anniversary: America remembers lives lost on one of its darkest days
With his head bowed during a moment of silence outside the White House, President Barack Obama set the tone Friday for a nation marking a dark day with solemn ceremonies.
Hungarian camerawoman apologizes for kicking migrants
A Hungarian camerawoman has apologized for kicking desperate migrants as they fled, saying her actions had nothing to do with racism.
COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY NOTES : Banks, govt agencies asked to remain alert before Eid
Bangladesh Bank has asked different government agencies and private organisations to take adequate measures so that use of counterfeit currency notes can be checked at the sacrificial animal markets before Eid-ul-Azha.
Soaring vegetable prices continue to haunt city dwellers
The low- and middle-income people in the capital Dhaka have not got any respite from soaring prices of vegetables over the week ending Friday.
