JUST students block road, burn truck after 3 killed in road accident
Students of Jessore University of Science and Technology (JUST) set fire to a truck and put barricade on Jessore-Chougacca road on Friday, protesting the death three people including a fellow student in a road accident in the morning.
Congress narrowly averts government shutdown
Washington (CNN) -- Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown that was slated to take effect at midnight. The House approved a $1.1 trillion spending bill that keeps the government open through September. The Senate agreed to a two-day extension of current funding levels to give itself time to approve the House bill.
Independence in peril: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday said national independence and sovereignty was in ‘peril’ as hegemony was expanding its tentacles. In a message marking the 134th anniversary of birth of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani
Six Afghan soldiers killed in Kabul suicide bombing
At least six Afghan soldiers have been killed by a suicide bomber on the outskirts of the capital Kabul, police and officials say.
Hong Kong protests: Authorities begin site clearance
The authorities had warned protestors to leave ahead of the operation, but some vowed to remain.
BCB’s Badal ban raises eyebrows
The Bangladesh Cricket Board in an unprecedented midnight disciplinary action on Tuesday banned Legends of Rupganj chairman Lutfar Rahman and two other officials, raising quite a few eyebrows.
Dhaka Central Jail’s prison guard electrocuted
A prison guard of Dhaka Central Jail was electrocuted on Thursday morning.
Affects at lest 24,000 hectares of Sundarbans
The Sunderbans is facing unprecedented threats from spreading oil spills from a tanker that sank in the Shela River near Mrigamari in the Sunderbans Tuesday morning. Spilled oil spread to 60 km on both sides of the river and the canals flowing through the Sunderbans affecting at lest 24,000 hectares of the world’s largest mangrove forest.
Defamation case: Court serves arrest warrant for Tarique Rahman
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Wednesday issued arrest warrant for Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior vice chairman, Tarique Rahman, for his derogatory remarks regarding Bangladesh’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
China urges U.S. to “correct ways” after torture report
China urged the United States on Wednesday to “correct its ways”, after the U.S. Senate said in a report the CIA misled the White House and public about its torture of detainees and acted more brutally and pervasively than it acknowledged.
