Cyclone Komen makes landfall
Southeast region remain inundated
Resolve crisis of Swan Garments: workers’ leaders
Politicians and trade union leaders on Friday at a discussion meeting in the city called on the Awami League led government to take immediate steps to resolve crisis of the Swan Garments.
ENCLAVE SWAP: People celebrate freedom at midnight
Enclave dwellers both old and young, men and women celebrated ‘freedom from confined life’ of 68 years in a festive mood by lighting 68 candles in each enclave and hoisting the Bangladesh national flag at midnight past Friday, the very moment when 162 such territories in Bangladesh and India ceased to exist.
Those burnt people to death won’t be spared: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Thursday reiterated that those hooligans of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-Jamaat-e-Islami who have burnt people to death and injured and damaged vehicles in the name of hartal and blockade would not be spared.
3 killed as Komen crosses Ctg coast
Houses damaged, croplands, fisheries projects washed away
Enclave swap: Joy beyond boundaries for thousands
It is a celebration time for thousands of people living in the hitherto India-Bangladesh enclaves as they are awaiting the much-sought enclave swap between the two countries at one minute past midnight on Saturday, breaking the shackles of separation from their homelands.
Source: Boeing officials think debris found off Reunion looks like part of 777
Debris found in the western Indian Ocean on Wednesday appears to be part of a Boeing 777, the same model as Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that disappeared in 2014, according to a source close to the investigation.
Spy for Israel Jonathan Pollard granted parole
Convicted spy for Israel Jonathan Pollard has been granted parole and will be released from an American jail on Nov. 21, his lawyer announced Tuesday.
Facebook is now the world's most-used tech product
At the end of June, nearly 1.5 billion people used Facebook (FB, Tech30) at least once a month, the company reported on Wednesday. That's more than any other technology product in the world, including Microsoft's (MSFT, Tech30) ubiquitous Windows operating system.
The man who wouldn't hand over bin Laden to the U.S.
He is as mysterious in his reported death as he was mysterious in life. Mullah Omar, one of the world's most wanted men, died in a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, more than two years ago, according to Afghan government officials. U.S. officials say they believe this to be a "credible" account.
