US Navy sails warship through contested waterway as Beijing warns Taiwan
The US Navy sailed a warship through the Taiwan Strait Wednesday, a move that came on the same day Beijing warned that it would not rule out using force against self-governed Taiwan to block any move toward formal independence.
Johnson becomes British PM with Brexit vow
Boris Johnson took over as Britain’s prime minister Wednesday, promising to pull his country out of the European Union on October 31 by any means necessary.
Fresh floods hit north
At least 25,000 families have been marooned in Lalmonirhat by a fresh spell of flood as the Teesta and the Dharla swelled rapidly overnight, crossing their danger levels Wednesday morning.
3,855 river demarcation pillars disputed
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority chairman commodore M Mahbub-ul Islam on Wednesday told the task force to save rivers that 3,855 demarcation pillars of five Dhaka rivers installed by the agency since 2010 were disputed and it could solve disputes in the case of 2,114 pillars.
BADDA LYNCHING Ibrahim Hridoy to be quizzed for 5 days
A Dhaka Court on Wednesday granted police five days to interrogate Ibrahim Hridoy in custody over his involvement with the lynching of a woman in Badda recently.
Govt to give protection to Preo Bala, family: FM
Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen said on Wednesday that the government would provide protection to Preo Bala Biswas if she sought security following her controversial statement claiming that some 37 million Hindus, Buddhists and Christians remained missing in Bangladesh.
Dengue comes with changed symptoms
This year, two severe forms of dengue viruses, mostly category three and four infected and hospitalized at least 8,565 patients, doctors said.
'Watermelon smiles' and 'piccaninnies': Boris Johnson on Africans
Boris Johnson has emerged as the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after a leadership contest and could prove to be as divisive a figure in Britain as President Trump is in the United States.
Warplanes from four countries face off in Asian confrontation
Warplanes from four countries faced off Tuesday in a chaotic and unprecedented confrontation above a small, disputed island off the coast of South Korea and Japan.
How China is slowly expanding its power in Africa, one TV set at a time
In the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Michael Nganga is watching a Chinese Kung Fu movie. His small home in Limuru village doesn't have running water and its walls are made from
