Awami League leader shot dead in Sirajganj
A local leader of Awami League was shot and killed at Datta Bari area in Sirajganj on Saturday night.
Russia rolls out its 'sovereign internet.' Is it building a digital Iron Curtain?
On Friday, a controversial new law took effect in Russia: The so-called "sovereign internet" law, which mandates the creation of an independent internet for Russia.
Boris Johnson's election gamble could cost him everything -- including Brexit
On December 12, the UK will finally have a general election. In all honesty, it's needed one since June 9, 2017.
Protests toppled two governments in three days, but the fight is only beginning
For weeks, loud and angry demands reverberated across Iraq and Lebanon, rattling their political leadership. Elites publicly acknowledged the popular indictment against them, and serious political
Schools shut in polluted Delhi till Nov 5
The Delhi government announced the closure of all schools till November 5 as air quality deteriorated breaching ‘severe plus ’ level and pollution control body declared a public health
Rural poor pay more for power
Tens of millions of poor people living in rural Bangladesh have to pay more than their relatively well-off peers in cities for power because of discriminatory tariffs imposed by the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission.
Elderly woman, aide killed in Dhanmodi flat
An elderly woman and her female domestic aide were murdered in their flat at Dhanmondi in Dhaka on Friday.
Disclose reserve heist, bourse scam probe reports: Manna
Nagarik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna on Friday demanded the disclosures of probe reports into the share market scam and Bangladesh Bank reserve heist.
Road Transport Act comes into effect
Clockwise from left, a man sneaks through a gap in the fence on a road median at Shantinagar; police personnel ride motorbike without wearing helmet at Kakrail and a running bus picks up a
People to oust ‘monstrous govt’: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday termed the government as a monstrous one and said the people of the country were now ready to launch movement to oust it.
