Tunisia fishermen turn life-savers in the Med
The Tunisian trawler radioed in for help as it passed the migrant boat in distress out at sea. But with the packed craft still adrift two days later, captain Chamseddine Bourassine took direct action.
No end of drug menace in sight
The death toll in the countrywide anti-drug drive over the last 13 months has crossed 400, with four more reported extrajudicial killings in Cox’s Bazar and Cumilla on Sunday, with no end of the menace in sight.
Bangladesh face Windies in do-or-die battle
Bangladesh’s World Cup campaign is standing at a crossroads when they face West Indies in their fifth match at Taunton, the tiniest of all tournament venues at the home of Somerset County Club, today.
PM asks army to stand by people
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the army to stand beside the people always by bestowing its leadership upon the competent and patriotic officers.
BNP MPs question JS legitimacy again
Bangladesh Nationalist Party members of parliament on Sunday once again questioned the legitimacy of the current parliament saying that it was formed through a faulty election.
Bribery Charge Appellate Div scolds ACC for not arresting DIG Mizan, ACC director Basir
The Appellate Division on Sunday scolded the Anti-Corruption Commission for not arresting ACC director for investigation Khandaker Enamul Basir and deputy inspector general of police Mizanur Rahman though he paid Tk 40 lakh in bribes to Basir to suppress the corruption charges against him.
Hong Kong extradition law: What happens next?
Hong Kong's government has blinked. The city's leader Carrie Lam announced Saturday she was suspending a controversial extradition bill after mass protests and sustained opposition from multiple sectors of society.
New York Times: US ramping up cyber attacks on Russia
The US is escalating cyber attacks on Russia's electric power grid and has placed potentially crippling malware inside the Russian system, The New York Times reported Saturday.
Is US on a major about-turn on Iran?
IN MAY 2018, more than a year ago, when the US threw the hard-negotiated nuclear deal with Iran out of the window of the Oval office, it did not come as a surprise, for Donald Trump was only
Sunderbans’ ecology, status under threat
International Union for Conservation of Nature known as IUCN, the official advisor on natural world heritage to UNESCO, has recommended for inclusion of Sunderbans on UNESCO’s ‘world heritage in danger’ list.
