2,329 killed in 2,159 road accidents over 6 months
At least 2,329 people, including 291 women and 381 children, were killed and 4,361 others injured in 2,159 road accidents across the country in the first half of the current year, said a new report.
Doctors to decide if Khaleda needs to stay at hospital: Quader
Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said a medical board would decide whether BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia should stay at hospital as she is now being treated at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital.
China to persuade Myanmar to resolve Rohingya crisis: Li
Chinese premier Li Keqiang on Thursday assured that China will persuade Myanmar to resolve the Rohinya crisis through bilateral discussions agreeing that the return of the forcibly displaced people to their homeland is a solution to the problem.
Ershad on life support now
Jatiya Party chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad was put on life support at 4:15pm on Thursday as his health condition deteriorated further at the Dhaka Combined Military Hospital, JP secretary-general Mashiur Rahman Ranga told New Age.
Bangladesh, China ink nine agreements
Bangladesh and China on Thursday signed nine instruments for further strengthening cooperation on power, water resources, culture and tourism sectors as well as providing 2,500 metric tonnes of rice for the displaced Rohingyas.
Pabna man killed in gunfight
A suspected robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Jorda in Bera upazila of Pabna early Thursday.
Quader now says no room for war-criminal family members in AL
Road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said no one of the family members of war criminals and anti-liberation forces will be inducted in Awami League.
Are parts of India becoming too hot for humans?
Intense heat waves have killed more than 100 people in India this summer and are predicted to worsen in coming years, creating a possible humanitarian crisis as large parts of the country potentially become too hot to be inhabitable.
Chinese government loads surveillance app onto phones of visitors to Xinjiang: report
China's far-reaching security network is targeting tourists, with border guards secretly installing a surveillance app onto the phones of visitors to Xinjiang, according to a joint report by several major international media organizations.
These are 4 winners of the US-China trade war
Vietnam, Taiwan, Bangladesh and South Korea are coming out as victors in the US-China trade war.
