Students elect their first-ever cabinets
Students of over 1,040 secondary schools and madrassahs cast their votes amid festival mood to elect their first-ever cabinets on Saturday.
Cruelty to children won’t be spared: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that the culprits behind the recent violence against children will not be spared and that the criminals will get exemplary punishment. ‘We’ll have to ensure exemplary punishment to show people that no one is spared if one commits crimes,’ she said, reports United News of Bangladesh.
CHT Land Commission resolves no dispute in 16 years
The Chittagong Hill Tracts Land Dispute Resolution Commission remains ineffective as it has failed to resolve any dispute in 16 years, while the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples will be observed today in Bangladesh as elsewhere across the world.
ATTACK ON BLOGGERS: Slow progress in probe gives impetus to attackers
Investigation into cases relating to attacks and killings of bloggers have barely seen progress, although such killings have continued since 2013. Delayed investigation and trials are encouraging the assailants to continue with their crimes, said fellow activists of the bloggers.
Another blogger killed in city Police refused to record GD earlier
Another blogger and online activist was hacked to death by a gang of armed assailants inside his house in the capital’s East Goran area on Friday afternoon, barely three months after another blogger was killed in Sylhet.
Powerful Typhoon Soudelor slams into Taiwan
Typhoon Soudelor made landfall Saturday morning just north of the Taiwanese city of Hualien on the east coast of the island, bringing fierce winds and torrential rain.
Travelers at Nashville airport see flames from Delta-operated SkyWest plane
A Delta-operated SkyWest plane briefly emitted flames on the tarmac of Nashville International Airport on Friday morning. The plane was heading to Cincinnati, scheduled to depart at 6:34 a.m. CDT.
Bangladesh, India would be growth centre of Asia: Amu
The minister for industries, Amir Hossain Amu, on Thursday said immense possibility was there to turn Bangladesh and India into a growth centre of Asia through reaping the trade and connectivity facilities existing between both the countries.
Auto-rickshaws get 2 hours to use highways for refuelling
The road transport and bridges minister, Obaidul Quader, on Thursday said that CNG-run auto-rickshaws would be allowed to use highways for two hours, between 6:00am and 8:00am, every day for refuelling from highway-side gas stations.
Donald Trump roils GOP presidential debate
Donald Trump's latest reality show roared into Ohio on Thursday night. Within a few minutes of his first debate as a Republican presidential candidate, Trump ridiculed comedian Rosie O'Donnell and griped about his treatment by Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly.
