3 human traffickers killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
Three suspected human traffickers were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police in a shrimp enclosure at Teknaf in on early Friday, reports United News of Bangladesh.
Pakistan gain massive lead despite Sakib blitz
Paceman Wahab Riaz and leg-spinner Yasir Shah shared six wickets between them as Pakistan dismissed Bangladesh for 203 runs to gain a massive 354 runs first innings lead in the second Test in Dhaka on Thursday.
Pentagon considered stopping intercepts of Russian aircraft.
The Pentagon considered, and then rejected, the idea of stopping routine intercepts of Russian military aircraft flying off the coast of Alaska, because the U.S. intercept flights appeared to have limited deterrent or intelligence value,
Yunus should explain his role: planning minister.
The planning minister, AHM Mustafa Kamal, on Wednesday said that Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus should clarify his position on his alleged involvement in withdrawal of World Bank funding in the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project.
JATRABARI BUS ARSON, Police press charges against Khaleda, 37 others.
Charges were pressed against the Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, and 37 opposition leaders and activists on Wednesday in one of the two cases filed for Jatrabari arson attack that killed one and burned 27 others.
Fish, bacon and beer: The real issues in Britain's election.
Time's running out for Britons to decide who they'll back, as polling booths prepare to open across the country in an election that could change the political landscape.It's been a blink-and-you-miss-it campaign, especially by U.S. standards,
India nears land swap deal with Bangladesh.
Rajya Sabha, upper house of Indian parliament, on Wednesday passed unanimously the much-awaited constitution amendment bill on the land boundary agreement with Bangladesh
3 city mayors-elect sworn-in.
The newly elected mayors and councillors of three city corporations in bifurcated Dhaka and Chittagong took oath of office on Wednesday morning.
Russia shows off new high-tech tank.
The wraps are off Russia's new main battle tank.Copies of the new Armata T-14 medium tank have been rumbling through Moscow this week as the Russian military practices for Saturday's Victory Day parade commemorating the end of World War II in Europe.
European buyers for evacuation of 2 quake-hit RMG factories.
The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, the platform of European retailers, on Tuesday recommended that two earthquake-hit garment factories should be evacuated immediately as the Accord engineers found the buildings unsafe during the latest safety assessment.
