Educationists cry for primary teachers’ social dignity
To ensure the quality of education it is imperative that the primary school teachers were able to lead a dignified life socially and professionally, educationists said.
Indian royals win $43 million in dispute over bank deposit from 1948
The High Court in London has decided that a deposit left untouched in a British bank account since 1948 is the rightful property of the descendants of the monarch who transferred it -- and not Pakistan.\
Hong Kong government to discuss emergency ban on face masks, reports say
Hong Kong's Chief Executive Office is expected to discuss invoking rarely-used emergency powers to ban people from wearing face masks during public assemblies, according to local media, a move likely to infuriate the thousands of young people involved in the months-long protest movement.
Trump publicly asks China to probe Biden amid impeachment inquiry
President Donald Trump on Thursday again invited foreign interference in a US presidential election by publicly calling on China to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, the kind of request
HASINA-MODI TALKS India export ban a priority
Bangladesh would ask India to set up a mechanism to avert adverse impacts of hasty decisions made by Indian authorities to stop export and impose new conditions on export goods in general as well as export of food items from the country.
DRIVES AGAINST CASINOS, CORRUPTIONS JL chairman’s bank account info sought
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit on Thursday sought details of all bank accounts of ruling Awami League’s youth front Juba League chairman Omar Faruk Chowdhury.
Hundreds homeless as rivers swell
Flash floods caused by opening of floodgates of Farakka Barrage in India have rendered hundreds of families in Bangladesh homeless until Thursday.
2 Mahjong gambling tools seized
Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate officials on Thursday seized two automatic Mahjong tables used for gambling during a raid on a hostel operated by a Chinese national in Dhaka's Uttara area.
Government against Khaleda bail, BNP divided over ways
The government is totally reluctant to set former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia free on bail when the main opposition party is sharply divided regarding whether it should free her through movement or negotiations.
Trump's private fury over impeachment spills into the public
When President Donald Trump erupted in rage during two appearances Wednesday, it foreshadowed a dark and unsettled impeachment season ahead.
