Make SAARC food bank functional: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday Bangladesh had offered one lakh metric tonnes of food grains to the earthquake-ravaged Nepal.
Mamata confirms Dhaka visit, arrives Jun 5
The chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, on Saturday said she would visit Bangladesh on June 5 and return home on June 6 after the signing of the Land Boundary Agreement, reports United News of Bangladesh.
Pass rate, GPA 5 scorers drop in SSC No more top 20 list
SSC and equivalent examinations results marked a significant decrease with the combined pass rate standing at 87.04 per cent, which is 4.30 percentage points lower than that of the previous year.
American Express president Ed Gilligan dies at 55
Gilligan, who was 55, spent his entire 35-year career with American Express (AXP), starting as an intern and rising to one of the highest executive posts at the global bank. He is survived by his wife and four children.
U.S. surveillance detects Chinese artillery on disputed islands
China has placed artillery pieces on one of the islands it is manufacturing in contested waters in the South China Sea, a U.S. official told CNN Friday. The story was first reported by The Wall Street Journal
ISIS fighter was trained by State Department
An ISIS fighter who calls for jihad in a new online video was trained in counterterrorism tactics on American soil, in a program run by the United States, officials tell CNN.The video features a former police commander from Tajikistan named Col.
None can ignore us now: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Friday said that she was not only focusing on further development of Bangladesh but also on the progress of the region through strengthening regional cooperation.
COMBATING EXTREMISM, IMPERIALISM S Asian left leaders call for cooperation
South Asian left leaders on Friday stressed for improving links and cooperation among the communists and progressive parties of the countries to combat fundamentalism and imperialism in the region.
Zia’s death anniv today
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party and different socio-political and cultural organisations will observe today the 34th death anniversary of late president Ziaur Rahman, who founded the party in 1978. BNP and its associate organisations have taken up two-week programmes to observe the death anniversary of Zia,
Sepp Blatter: FIFA's 'few' corrupt officials must be 'discovered, punished'
Amid calls for his dismissal Thursday, FIFA President Sepp Blatter blamed allegations of widespread corruption within soccer's governing body on "a few" and called for those involved to be punished as FIFA works to rebuild its reputation.
