108th birth anniv of Pritilata Waddedar today
The 108th birth anniversary of Bengali revolutionary nationalist Pritilata Waddedar will be celebrated today.
A Boeing 737 coming from Guantanamo Bay slid off the runway and fell into St. Johns River in Florida, officials say
A Boeing 737 plane arriving from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba went off the runway into the St. Johns River in Florida on Friday night, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry said.
Trump says he spoke with Putin about 'Russian hoax,' didn't warn him against 2020 election meddling
President Donald Trump said he briefly discussed special counsel Robert Mueller's report in a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, but didn't warn his Russian counterpart to not meddle in the next US election.
NZ PM to marry longtime partner
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern is engaged to her longtime partner, fishing-show host Clarke Gayford, after a proposal over the Easter holidays, her spokesman said on Friday.
Cyclone Fani hits eastern India, 8 killed
Normally bustling Kolkata was eerily quiet late Friday as one of the biggest cyclones to hit India in years bore down on the major city after leaving a trail of deadly destruction in its wake.
Villages flooded as weakened Fani passes through Bangladesh
Parts of Bangladesh experienced spells of rains and gusty wind throughout Friday as the super cyclone Fani weakened by the time it reached Bangladesh after making landfall more than 800km away in the Indian state of Odisha in the morning.
Rift emerges in BCL over central committee
A rift has emerged within Bangladesh Chhatra League as the present and immediate past leaders are lobbying ruling Awami League leaders for induction of their followers into its full-fledged central committee, likely to be announced soon.
BNP slams PM for going abroad ahead of Fani
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday criticised prime minister Sheikh Hasina for going abroad without taking any effective steps to save the coastal people from the clutch of the cyclone Fani.
ROHINGYA REPATRIATION Myanmar to assure Rohingyas of safety on return
The Myanmar authorities have agreed on Friday to deepen their engagement with Rohingya communities in makeshift camps in Cox’s Bazar to convince them about the steps undertaken so far to receive the forcibly displaced people to Rakhine State.
PM orders working together to face cyclone ‘Fani’
Prime Minister, now in London on an official visit, on Friday asked all public and private organisations to work in a well-coordinated way to face the cyclonic storm Fani.
