AL doesn’t expect foreign interference in JS polls: Quader

Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said his party does not expect any foreign interference in the next general election as the people are the source of strength of the party

Infant dies, two injured in city fire

A seven-month old boy was burnt to death and his parents sustained injuries as a fire broke out at a building in city's Mirpur area early Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Tamim while the injured are Manik, 35 and his wife Mina, 28.

Hasina gets global women’s leadership award

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will be honoured with the Global Women’s Leadership Award for her outstanding leadership in advancing women education and women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh, Asia and Asia-pacific region

Tarique got asylum, so deposits passport: BNP

Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday disclosed that the party acting chairman Tarique Rahman has got 'political asylum' and so, he deposited his Bangladesh passport in British home office

TARIQUE’S CITIZENSHIP Legal notice served as Shahrier sticks to statement

State minister for foreign affairs M Shahriar Alam claimed again on Monday that Tarique Rahman and his wife and daughter deposited their passports to the British Home Office as Tarique served a legal notice on the minister.

Police foil BNP procession in Dhaka

The police on Monday unleashed an attack on a procession of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Dhaka injuring about 15 activists and arrested over 30.

PENSION MONEY Govt servants press for full encashment

The government is under pressure from public servants to reinstate 100 per cent encashment of pension money by them on retirement at the age of 59 years.

APPAREL WORKERS’ SAFETY Promises made mostly not implemented

The expectations for positive changes in the country’s garment sector created by the Rana Plaza Collapse remain mostly unfulfilled over the last five years. The worst ever factory disaster in the history of the garment industry shook the world in 2013.

Newborn declared dead moves before burial

A newborn girl who was declared dead at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early Monday started to move and breathe within two and a half hours at city’s Azimpur Graveyard where it was taken for burial.

A van speeds across Toronto sidewalks, leaving 10 pedestrians dead

(CNN)Ten people are dead and 15 are injured after the driver of a van plowed into multiple pedestrians in Toronto on Monday in what appears to be a deliberate act, Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders said.