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
WFP to provide aid to flood-hit people of Bangladesh
The World Food Programme is working with the government of Bangladesh to help more than 275,000 people affected by flooding in the country’s northwest, says an official on Tuesday.
DU, JU teachers stand for professor Faroque
Teachers of Dhaka University and Jahangirnagar University condemned the threat by a minister against DU biomedical researcher ABM Faroque, terming the threat ‘unwarranted’.
Miller explains US position on Preo Bala statement
The United States ambassador, Earl Miller, on Tuesday explained the position of the US government over the controversial statement of Preo Bala Biswas claiming that some 37 million Hindus, Buddhists and Christians remained missing in Bangladesh.
HC questions legality of eased loan reschedule
The High Court Division in a supplementary rule on Tuesday directed the government and the Bangladesh Bank to explain in 10 days why rescheduling defaulters’ loans on two per cent down payment would not be declared as illegal.
Flood victims cry for relief
The flood-affected people, marooned in several districts for a couple of weeks, are crying for relief as they have been passing their days in utter misery for want of food, drinking water and medicines.
