Ordeal of sea migrants and their families left behind
Twenty-one-year-old Mongkhain Chakma would like to be amongst the families living in and around the border town of Teknaf, who could still hope that their relatives might have survived the perilous journey to Malaysia in search of a well-paid job.
Queen Elizabeth celebrates official birthday with military parade
Queen Elizabeth II marked her official birthday Saturday with a spectacular military parade and awards for actors, sportsmen and sportswomen, business leaders and community workers.
‘BNP in alliance with Jamaat for vote’
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday said that the party was guided by the ideals and philosophy of its founder late president Ziaur Rahman and it was in alliance with the Jamaat-e-Islami for vote.
CIA declassifies inspector general's report on 9/11 shortcomings
Ten years after the CIA's Office of the Inspector General completed its investigation into intelligence failures prior to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the agency on Friday
Clinton strikes populist tone to make case for 2016 campaign
Hillary Clinton used the first major rally of her second run for the White House Saturday to make a populist case for her presidential campaign, declaring that the goal of her presidency would be to tip the nation's economic scales back toward the middle class's favor.
Dallas police HQ shooting: Suspect James Boulware killed during standoff
A man unleashed a barrage of gunfire on Dallas' police headquarters and planted explosives outside the building early Saturday -- narrowly failing to wound anyone -- leading to a chase to a suburb that ended with SWAT officers killing him in his parked van at a restaurant parking lot.
Govt to protect jamdani’s intellectual property rights: Tofail
Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed on Saturday said the government would help the Intellectual Property Association of Bangladesh to protect the intellectual property rights of Bangladeshi product jamdani.
Rains trigger flooding in north Dwellings, crop fields submerged, swelling rivers cause erosion
With rain-fed rivers bursting their banks, flooding has worsened submerging hundreds of dwellings and crop fields, eroding river banks and dams, washing away ponds and disrupting communications in different northern and central districts over the last couple of days.
Buses stopping at will cause traffic anarchy in city
Drivers continue to stop buses anywhere to pick up or drop off passengers increasing traffic congestions and the risks of accidents on capital’s streets, said experts.
U.S., Russian aircraft came within 10 feet over Black Sea
A Russian fighter jet, flying at high speed, came within 10 feet of a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft in international airspace over the Black Sea late last month, several U.S. officials told CNN Thursday.
