Fishermen rescue 797 from sinking boat off Aceh
Hundreds of Bangladeshi, Rohingya migrants feared stranded at sea
Thai navy tows migrant boat back out to sea
Obama renews authority for US sanctions on Myanmar
NEC clears biggest ever ADP
The National Economic Council on Thursday approved the biggest ever Tk 97,000 crore Annual Development Programme for the next fiscal year.
Govt’s 6.51pc GDP growth calculation raises eyebrows
The country’s economy has posted a growth of gross domestic product (GDP) by 6.51 per cent in the current fiscal year (2014-15) despite political unrest for three months of the second half of the fiscal year, according to a provisional estimate of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
ISIS No. 2 leader al-Afri killed in airstrike, Iraq says
Iraqi military said Wednesday that ISIS' No. 2 leader has been killed in a coalition airstrike -- a claim that the Pentagon said it does not corroborate.The airstrike struck northern Iraq's Tal Afar city,
Will China and India be partners -- or rivals?
Commentators and pundits often declare that the 21st century will belong to China and India.The math suggests this makes sense: They are the world's two largest nations, forming a third of the world's population,
North Korea publicly executes defense chief, South Korean spy agency says.
North Korea has publicly executed the country's defense minister after the regime accused him of treason, according to reports from South Korea.Hyon Yong Chol was killed by fire from an anti-aircraft gun at a military school in front of hundreds of people in Pyongyang,
Interpol alert for Salah Uddin Ahmed.
Interpol’s Dhaka unit has sent a red notice to India, requesting it to arrest the man who claims to be BNP leader Salah Uddin Ahmed, reports Indian daily The Telegraph.Ahmed, 54, who identified himself as a Bangladeshi national,
Businesses seek transit fee imposition on India vessels.
Business leaders and experts on Wednesday suggested imposition of transit fees and service charges on the Indian vessels plying through Bangladesh and introduction of multimodal transport facility under the Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade between the two countries
Khaleda calls on govt to release BNP men.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Wednesday demanded the release of leaders and activists of the opposition through immediate withdrawal of ‘politically-vindictive false cases’ and expedite the release of ailing senior leaders
