Easter bombers on Sri Lanka payroll: Muslim leader
The Islamic extremists behind Sri Lanka’s deadly Easter bombings received funding from state intelligence services, a top Muslim leader told a parliamentary investigation.
Kamal unveils first budget plan today
The finance minister, AHM Mustafa Kamal, is set to propose the national budget of about Tk 5,23,191 crore for the next financial year in parliament today amid challenges of higher revenue generation and improving capacity to check big discrepancy between projection and implementation.
Government plans to redevelop Old Dhaka
The government has forged a plan to redevelop Old Dhaka in a ‘planned manner’ for widening its roads and public spaces through vertical expansion.
Bangladesh slips 9 steps down in Global Peace Index
Bangladesh has moved nine steps down in the Global Peace Index 2019, produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace.
Home minister asks IG Prisons to curb jail corruption
Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday asked the inspector general of prisons to curb corruption inside jails across the country after a recent internal inquiry by the ministry found widespread corruption and irregularities in the prison system.
CORRUPTION IN ACC Public perception not totally baseless: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told parliament that the public perception about many of the Anti-Corruption Commission employees being involved in corruption was not totally baseless.
Millions in northwest India face tropical cyclone threat
A month after powerful Tropical Cyclone Fani slammed into India's northeastern coastline, the country faces the threat of another strong storm, this time on its west coast.
Pelosi on Trump insults: 'I'm done with him'
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told CNN's Manu Raju on Tuesday that she's "done" with President Donald Trump but would not say whether she told Democrats behind closed doors that she'd rather see Trump "in prison."
While world watches Trump, it’s missing what’s really going on
OUR leaders know how to bang the war drums and, by and large, we go along with them. The US threatens Iran with war — so will Iran close the Strait of Hormuz and attack American warships in
Seven dead as migrant boat sinks off Greek island
At least seven people died on Tuesday when a boat carrying migrants sank near the Greek island of Lesbos, the coastguard said.
