Report: North Korea tests ballistic missile.
North Korea has carried out a successful underwater test of a ballistic missile, the North Korean state news agency reported.
How one can support BNP, wonders PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday wondered how a section of people could support BNP and vote for them although Khaleda Zia and BNP-Jamaat burned people to death in the name of hartal and blockade.
Three human traffickers killed: police
Three suspected human traffickers were shot dead by police during an anti-trafficking operation on Teknaf beach in Cox’s Bazar early Friday after dozens of remains were found in mass graves for illegal migrants in Thailand.
100 more migrants found in Thai south.
More than 100 suspected Rohingya migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh have been found in Thailand’s southern Songkhla province, police said on Friday.Police said the 111 migrants had been left alone in the jungle after suspected human traffickers who had brought them into the country fled.
Election results: Conservatives on course for majority
David Cameron says he hopes to govern for all of the UK as a BBC forecast gives the Tories 329 seats - enough to form a slender majority in the Commons.
PM lays foundation stone of Rabindra University
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday laid the foundation stone of Rabindra University, an institution named after Nobel Laureate Biswakobi Rabindranath Tagore, marking the great poet’s 154th birth anniversary, reports United News of Bangladesh.
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.
