Pentagon diverts $3.6 billion in military construction funds to build Trump's border wall
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has authorized the diverting of $3.6 billion in military construction funds for 11 wall projects on the southern border with Mexico, according to defense officials and a
Hurricane Dorian is lashing the east coast of central Florida
Dorian is on the move again after brutally punishing the northern parts of the Bahamas for more than a day.
Johnson loses Brexit vote, calls for general election
British lawmakers defeated Boris Johnson in parliament on Tuesday in a bid to prevent him taking Britain out of the EU without a divorce agreement, prompting the prime minister to announce that he would immediately push for a snap election.
Myanmar forces Rohingyas to accept cards that preclude citizenship
Myanmar authorities are forcing members of the Rohingya Muslim minority at gunpoint to accept identity cards that categorise them as foreigners, stripping them of the chance to become citizens, a rights group said on Tuesday.
INDO-PAK TENSIONS Pakistan would not use nuclear weapons first: Imran Khan
Pakistan would not use nuclear weapons first, prime minister Imran Khan said on Monday, amid tensions with arch-rival India after New Delhi revoked the special status of its part of the disputed Kashmir region.
Bangladesh plans toll on highways
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to impose toll on all the major highways across the country to raise funds for their maintenance.
ABUSING FEMALE WORKERS BAIRA for blacklisting responsible Saudi employers
Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) on Tuesday requested the government to backlist Saudi employers who abuse female workers.
Ayesha freed on bail
The Barguna jail authorities on Tuesday afternoon freed Ayesha Siddiqua Minni on bail after she was detained for 50 days, 47 days in the jail and three days in Barguna Police Line, including one
Jatiya Party MPs write to speaker seeking Quader as opposition leader
Jatiya Party chairman GM Quader on Tuesday sent a letter to Jatiya Sangsad speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury for taking necessary steps for announcing him the leader of the opposition in
Body to ease gridlocks in hibernation
A committee formed with Dhaka South City mayor Sayeed Khokon as the head to ease the capital’s traffic congestion within past August could not even start its work due to the ongoing dengue crisis, said officials concerned.
