Making sense of Sri Lankan tragedy
OUR world is increasingly becoming insecure and unsafe for ordinary civilians because of state and non-state actors. No place is safe and secure for them!
Julian Assange, bail and extradition
SHOULD journalism ever have a deity worth his, her or its salt, looking down upon the recent proceedings against Julian Assange will provide endless choking fits of confusion and dismay.
10 killed as Fani crosses Bangladesh
At least 10 people were killed, including five children, as weakened super cyclone Fani crossed Bangladesh on Saturday flattening hundreds of houses and standing crops and uprooting thousands of trees mostly in nine districts.
BAD LOAN RECOVERY Asset management companies to join the effort
The government is reviewing proposals for establishing asset management companies to recover bad loans from the errant borrowers, officials said.
GM Quader made acting JP chairman
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Saturday night announced that his younger brother GM Quader, who was declared on April 4 as chairman in his absence, would act as the acting party chairman.
Politicisation pushes universities on the verge of collapse: Anu
Jahangirnagar University economics professor Anu Muhummad on Saturday said that education system at the universities was on the verge of collapse because of extraordinary politicisation.
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.
