Greece's Prime Minister Tsipras resigns, calls for early elections

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced Thursday he was resigning and called for early parliamentary elections, resetting the debt-ridden country's government after members of his own party opposed economic reforms that European lenders demanded for Greece's latest bailout.

AUGUST 21 GRENADE ATTACK : Victims, families still cry for justice

Victims of the August 21, 2004 grenade attack on an Awami League rally and the victim families still cry for justice as two cases for the attack are still pending with a tribunal while the plotters are yet to be identified.

Expedite GI registration to help branding country’s products

Experts on Thursday said expediting the registration process of geographical indication of goods was needed for branding Bangladesh and getting an improved access for the products.

Opposition men will again be targets of crossfire: BNP

Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday feared that the opposition men would again be victims of extrajudicial killing which the government terms ‘crossfire’.

Downpour leaves many places in disarray

Heavy downpour, coupled with onrush of water from hills, caused landslide and almost snapped road communications between the hill tracts and Chittagong.

আমার কাজ কথা বলা নয়, কথা বলানো -জিল্লুর রহমান

এক যুগ পেরিয়ে তৃতীয় মাত্রা, দেখতে দেখতে এক যুগ পার করেছে দেশের টিভি মিডিয়ায় টক শো ভিত্তিক প্রথম এবং সবচেয়ে জনপ্রিয় অনুষ্ঠান চ্যানেল আই এর ‘তৃতীয় মাত্রা’। দেশের রাজনৈতিক ও সামাজিক অঙ্গনে এই অনুষ্ঠানটির ভ‚মিকা অনেক। ইতিমধ্যে ৪ হাজার ৩৮৮ টি পর্ব প্রচারিত হয়েছে।

Taxi driver: Suspect in Bangkok shrine bombing was calm, didn't seem Thai

The chief suspect in the deadly bombing of Bangkok's popular Erawan Shrine is "an unnamed male foreigner," according to an arrest warrant issued Wednesday by a Thai court.

End of the road for Mahinda Rajapaksa -- Sri Lanka's 'warrior king'?

In hindsight the odds were stacked against such a major comeback -- even for Sri Lanka's most powerful politician of the last decade.

U.S. officials: Chinese secret agents in U.S. spikes

The number of Chinese government secret agents in the U.S. has spiked in the last several months and is now in the double digits, according to U.S. officials.

Cairo car bomb wounds 6

A car bomb exploded near a security facility in the greater Cairo area early Thursday, injuring six people, Egypt's Interior Ministry said.