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.
Sporadic notes: China-US in Osaka
IT IS a question: who won in the trade conflict, China or the United States? The answer is as difficult as the question. Probably the outcome is still to be visible.
1994 HASINA TRAIN ATTACK Nine BNP leaders to die
The Pabna Special Tribunal 3 on Wednesday sentenced nine Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders and activists to death and 25 others to life on charge of attack on a train carrying the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina, now the prime minister, in 1994.
Fakhrul dubs verdict as cruel, dictated
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday said a ‘dictated and ‘cruel’ verdict was given by a Pabna court sentencing nine of its activists to death and jailing 25 others for life on a ‘fabricated’ charge of attacking a train carrying the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina in 1994.
JP may fly Ershad abroad for treatment
Jatiya Party is planning to fly the ailing party chairman HM Ershad abroad for better treatment.
