Bangkok bomb suspect 'confesses to explosives charge,' Thai police say
Thai police say one of the suspects apprehended as part of the investigation into last month's deadly bomb attack at a popular shrine in Bangkok has confessed to possessing banned explosives.
Cabinet approves new pay structure
The cabinet on Monday approved the new pay structure for the government employees fixing the maximum monthly salary at Tk 86,000, up from Tk 45,000 and the minimum basic pay at Tk 8,250,up from Tk 4,100.
August boom keeps RMG export earnings afloat in 2 months
Country’s export earnings from readymade garment products in two months of the financial year 2015-16 grew by 5.98 per cent to $4.48 billion from $4.23 billion in the same period of the FY 2014-15 as the export of the RMG products boomed in August, the second month of the current financial year.
FAILURE IN DEMONSTRATION : Field-level leaders, activists blame senior leaders
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party blamed ‘fascist attitude of the government for its failure to stage scheduled demonstrations in Dhaka on Sunday, although no senior leaders was seen in the field to join or lead the countrywide demonstrations. Field-level leaders, organisers and activists, however, blamed senior leaders and organisational weakness for the failure.
Jamaat’s nayeb-e-amir, ASG, 11 other leaders arrested
Thirteen leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami including two top leaders were arrested from the capital’s Pallabi area on Monday.
Flood in north persists
The flood situation in the north and central part of the country did not improve on Monday while farmers expressed their worries as the croplands and fisheries farms and ponds remained under water for over the past two weeks.
Pope Francis urges Europe's Catholic churches to host refugees
Pope Francis implored Catholic institutions throughout Europe on Sunday to show mercy to the flood of refugees arriving on their shores by offering them shelter.
Muslim flight attendant says she was suspended for refusing to serve alcohol
A Muslim flight attendant says she was suspended by ExpressJet for refusing to serve alcohol in accordance with her Islamic faith.
Palin praises Bush for being bilingual, but says English is 'unifying aspect' of America
Former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is praising Jeb Bush for being bilingual -- but she would prefer people in this country "speak American."
PM wants Khulna Shipyard to build more modern battle ships
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday hoped that Khulna Shipyard would be able to build more modern battle ships in the future and export those.