DIG Mizan shown arrested in bribery case
A Dhaka Court on Sunday asked police to show suspended deputy inspector general of police Mizanur Rahamn arrested in a case filed in connection with bribing Tk 40 lakh to suspended Anti-Corruption Commission director Khandakar Enamul Basir.
Rivers around capital swell
There is no possibility of flood waters entering the capital though all the rivers flowing by it are swelling, the Water Development Board told New Age Sunday.
UK vows 'robust' action if Iran doesn't release British-flagged oil tanker
Britain reiterated warnings Saturday that it would take "robust" action if Iran did not release a UK-flagged oil tanker it seized in the Strait of Hormuz, the latest confrontation in a tense standoff unfolding in the important shipping route.
Hong Kong police make 'largest ever' seizure of explosives on eve of protests
Police in Hong Kong have seized what is thought to be the largest ever cache of high-powered explosives uncovered in the city, in a raid Friday night on a suspected bomb-making factory.
Urban bias keeps doctors off villages: study
Doctors in Bangladesh are highly urban centric while majority of the population live in rural areas, says a study of the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh.
Bangladesh fails to find new overseas job markets for workers
Bangladesh could not yet find new markets for its unskilled workers though the job opportunities drastically shrank at traditional destinations in the Middle East and South-East Asia.
3 lynched on child lift suspicion
Three people, including a woman, were killed and five others injured in beating by angry mobs in Dhaka, Narayanganj, Pabna and Gazipur on Saturday after they were suspected to be child lifters.
Chief admits crisis of public trust in ACC
The Anti-Corruption Commission chairman Iqbal Mahmood on Saturday admitted that the commission has a crisis of public trust as most of the steps, about 70 per cent, taken by the graft watchdog were against petty suspects.
Floods kill 10 more, maroon thousands afresh
At least nine villagers drowned in flood waters in Jamalpur, Netrokona and Sirajganj while one died of snake bike in the worst flood hit Gaibandha district in 24 hours ending Saturday morning, according to the Health Emergency Control Room.
50 years after US moon landing, China is catching up in the space race
Fifty years ago, when the Apollo 11 astronauts became the first human beings to land on the moon, the Chinese space program had yet to launch a single satellite.
