Jute mill workers’ fresh nationwide indefinite strike begins
Around 80,000 workers of 26 state-owned jute mills on Monday began nationwide indefinite strike to realize arrear wages, implementation of National Wage and Productivity Commission Award 2015 and seven other demands.
MEDITERRANEAN BOAT CAPSIZE 27 Bangladeshi deceased identified
Five bodies of Bangladesh nationals drowned in the Mediterranean Sea were recovered and identities of 27 of the 37 Bangladeshis, feared dead in the boat capsize, were confirmed, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society said on Monday.
Khaleda to be tried inside Keraniganj jail
The government has shifted a makeshift court trying the jailed Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia from the old Dhaka Central Jail to newly built makeshift courtroom inside the Dhaka Central Jail at Keraniganj on the outskirts of the capital.
Indians vote in penultimate phase of seven-round general election
Voters in north India lined up early on Sunday to cast their ballots in the second-to-last round of a seven-phase general election, with prime minister Narendra Modi facing a diverse group of opposition parties seeking to deny him a second term.
Kudlow says Trump-Xi meeting likely next month at international summit
Larry Kudlow, President Donald Trump's top economic adviser, said Sunday there is a "strong possibility" Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 economic summit in Japan
How the GOP dossier chase may help House Democrats get Trump's tax records
In the end, Congress will almost certainly get President Donald Trump's financial records -- and Republican efforts to investigate the Christopher Steele dossier could be one reason why.
Mother, daughter, son found dead in city
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police found bodies of a widow, her son and daughter in their rented house at Uttarkhan in Dhaka Sunday evening.
37 migrants from Bangladesh feared dead in Mediterranean
Human traffickers are duping hundreds of people, mostly young males, into risky sea journey for migrating to Europe and countries, including Australia and the United States.
At least 6 of 37 missing Bangladeshis are from Sylhet
At least six youths among 37 Bangladeshis feared dead in Friday’s boat capsize in the Mediterranean Sea while attempting to reach Italy from Libya were from Sylhet.
KISHOREGANJ NURSE RAPE Driver confesses to his part
Driver Nuruzzaman Nuru reportedly confessed before a court here on Sunday to his involvement in the killing of nurse Shahinur Akhter Tania after gang-rape in his moving bus in Bajitpur upazila.
