ZIA’S DEATH ANNIV Khaleda distributes food, clothes
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia distributed food and clothes among destitute people in the capital for the second day on Sunday marking the 34th death anniversary of late president and party founder Ziaur Rahman.
Fire rips through Gazipur apparel factory
A devastating fire ripped through a seven-storey building housing a garment factory at Sripur in Gazipur on Sunday forcing people in the surroundings to evacuate
Paris ends relationship with 'love locks'
Baby, it's over.The city of Paris will start removing padlocks from the Ponts des Arts on Monday, effectively ending the tourist tradition of attaching "love locks" to the historic bridge.Visitors have been attaching locks with sentimental messages to the pedestrian walkway since 2008 in symbolic acts of affection.
Kansas college student killed in mosque attack called a 'hero'
He was a Kansas college student who had returned home in order to get married.And then after that, Abduljaleel Alarbash planned to leave Saudi Arabia and head back to Wichita State University, where the electrical engineering major was an honor roll student.
Beau Biden, son of vice president and former Delaware AG, dies at 46
Joseph "Beau" Biden III, an Iraq War veteran who served as the attorney general of Delaware and was a son of Vice President Joe Biden, died Saturday at age 46, the White House said in a statement. He died after battling brain cancer, according to the vice president's office.
Mother, daughter burned in acid attack
A young woman and her pentagenarian mother came under acid attack allegedly by her former husband at Manahardi upazila in Narsingdi on Friday night.
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.
