Video of Trump kissing a campaign aide leaves both sides claiming vindication
President Donald Trump's legal team posted a video of him kissing campaign aide Alva Johnson that they say clears him, but that her side says proves her accusation of forcible kissing.
Rains, floods kill 17 in Nepal, 11 in India
At least 17 people have been killed across Nepal after torrential monsoon rains induced floods and landslides, officials said Friday.
Textbooks don’t reflect curriculum objectives
The objectives set in the national curriculums for the school children have no reflection in the textbooks and the classroom activities for which the pupils fail to achieve the competencies and skills they are expected to attain at the end of the academic years.
Flood victims look for shelters
Thousands of people in low-lying areas have left their homes seeking shelters in higher grounds as major Bangladesh rivers keep swelling for the six consecutive days amid heavy rains.
Imran, Fazilatun Nessa to take oath today
President Abdul Hamid has appointed Awami League MP from Sylhet 4 constituency Imran Ahmed as a minister and MP from reserved seats for women Begum Fazilatun Nessa as a state minister.
Left leaders slam PM for gas price hike comment
Leaders of the left-leaning political parties differed from the prime minster Sheikh Hasina’s Thursday’s claim on gas price hike in the parliament and alleged that that wrong policies and corruptions in the gas sector were responsible for gas price hike.
Monsoon floods sweep through world's biggest refugee camp
When the monsoon rains hit southeast Bangladesh this week, Hafiz Ullah and his family abandoned their flimsy bamboo-and-tarpaulin-home to take shelter in a nearby school.
Iran shows growing fury in the Gulf. It really is desperate to talk
The British Heritage super tanker is owned by BP, under a British flag, and on charter to an Anglo-Dutch company, so it's unsurprising that the ship appeared to abandon suddenly its plans over the weekend as it sailed within sight of Iran.
BJP’s dream state is Muslims’ purgatory
WHEN Indian Hindus are moved by the plight of Palestinians, they are perhaps influenced by the fact that Palestine belongs to the third world and Asia. In the case of Bangladeshi Muslims, an
Railway, Waterway 77m cubic metres of septage dumped
Seventy-seven million cubic metres of liquid waste and 20.64 million tonnes of solid waste generated in river vessels and trains in a year are dumped on the railway and waterway, polluting the environment and exposing public health to a serious threat, a government study says.
