American ISIS hostage Kayla Mueller dead, family says
Kayla Mueller's parents had been holding out hope. But on Tuesday, the American ISIS hostage's family revealed devastating news.
Dialogue initiators patrons of militancy, sabotage: Tofail
The commerce minister, Tofail Ahmed, on Tuesday termed the appeal made by Nagarik Samaj for a dialogue unacceptable and unrealistic and dubbed the initiators of dialogue as patrons of militancy and sabotage. ‘We are not going to sit with the BNP-led opposition for a dialogue as they are involved in violence and destructions and killing innocent people,’ he said at a briefing at the ministry.
No clue to Sagar-Runi murder in 3 years
The investigators could crack no clue to the killing of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi inside three years of the murder although the DNA profiling reports from the United States reached nearly a year ago
32 patients die in SOMCH in 24 hours 10 infants among the dead, health experts term it ‘unusual’ -
Ten babies, including five newborns, died in a span of just 10 hours and 22 more patients of different ages died in 24 hours in Osmani Medical College and Hospital in Sylhet till Tuesday morning causing panic among the patients and their attendants.
Malaysia court upholds Anwar Ibrahim sodomy conviction.
Mr Anwar was accused of having sex with a male aide in 2008. Sodomy is illegal in Muslim-majority Malaysia, but very few people are ever prosecuted.The popular politician was sentenced to five years in jail in March 2014 after an earlier acquittal was overturned - a ruling against which he appealed.He says the case is a bid by the ruling coalition to block him from politics.
Putin in Ukraine: Why would he stop in the face of weakness?
Why stop now? This must be the question Vladimir Putin is asking himself as he considers the latest European pleas for peace in Ukraine, to be discussed at a crisis summit in Minsk on Wednesday.
$300mn deal signed with WB for BD’s ‘Poorest Project’
The government has signed a $300 million financing agreement with the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) for the Income Support Programme for the Poorest Project, reports United News of Bangladesh.
Obama, Merkel pledge alliance on Ukraine
Would sending weapons to Ukraine block Russia from grabbing territory and stem violence in the volatile region? Or would it fuel further conflict and destabilize Europe?That's a key issue Western leaders are weighing.
North Korea flaunts its 'cutting-edge' missiles
North Korea tested what it described as a new type of "cutting-edge" anti-ship missile with its leader Kim Jong Un pictured beaming at the launch, as shown in state media on Saturday.But some analysts are saying North Korea's touted missiles appear to be Russian designs.
Nagarik Samaj appeals for nat’l dialogue
Nagarik Samaj, a new forum of prominent citizens, on Monday made fervent appeals to immediately convene a national dialogue to resolve the crisis facing the nation.
