Khaleda starving, says Selima
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, is abstaining from taking food protesting at the authorities’ obstruction to food supply for her office staff and party leaders staying with her, said the party vice-chairman Selima Rahman on Sunday.
Ukraine crisis: Ceasefire takes effect in the east
A ceasefire between Ukraine's army and pro-Russian rebels in the east has come into effect, though sporadic shelling was reported in some places.
Copenhagen shootings: Police kill man 'who opened fire'
Police in Copenhagen say they have shot dead a man who opened fire on them close to the sites of two earlier attacks in the Danish capital.
India, Pakistan set for blockbuster
Cricket’s version of a gladiatorial streetfight will play out today when defending champions India take on arch-rivals Pakistan in a high-voltage World Cup clash at the Adelaide Oval.
20-party’s fresh 72-hr hartal gets underway
Another spell of 72-hour nationwide hartal, enforced by the BNP-led 20-party alliance alongside its ongoing countrywide indefinite transport blockade, began Sunday without any major incidents, as of writing of this report at 9:30am, reports United News of Bangladesh.
Businessmen warn of tougher course against hartal-blockade
Business leaders on Saturday urged the main political parties to end the current political crisis by working out a consensus immediately, otherwise, they cautioned, overall economic activities would be paralysed and the situation would become unbearable to the nation.
PM calls upon all Muslims to resist BNP-Jamaat’s evil politics.
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday urged all the Muslims, including Islamic scholars, to resist the evil politics of Bangladesh Nationalist Party-Jamaat-e-Islami as they were undermining Islam through their heinous acts of burning people to death, reports United News of Bangladesh. She also called upon the Muslims,
North Korea: Fairyland or 'country of mushrooms'?
"Let us build a fairyland for the people by dint of science!"That's one of several new rallying cries for North Korea's people as the isolated regime prepares to mark the 70th anniversary of its founding this year with hundreds of new slogans aimed at encouraging patriotism.
Sources: U.S. copters support Iraqi troops battling ISIS
U.S. helicopter gunships supported Iraqi ground forces battling ISIS militants in al-Baghdadi, military sources said, an action that brings U.S. troops closer to combat.ISIS took control of the town earlier Friday.
Schools, colleges, univs stay open on Friday SSC examinees complete third exam.
Candidates of SSC and equivalent exams sat for their third test on Friday, while many educational institutions remained open on the weekend to cover for the loss of classes due to the ongoing political turmoil.
