The dilemma of Imran Khan
PAKISTAN’S enigmatic prime minister Imran Khan, charismatic and outspoken, has, it seems, tasked himself with rewriting the rule book on relations inside the Islamic world.
NUSRAT MURDER Classmate Mohiuddin sent to jail
A Feni court on Friday sent Mohiuddin Shakil, who was arrested in the case of killing the 18-year old Sonagazi madrassah student Nusrat Jahan Rafi, to jail after police produced him before the court.
ROHINGYA RELOCATION TO BHASAN CHAR PM criticises aid organisations
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Friday criticised international aid and voluntary organisations for opposing government move to relocate Rohingyas to Bhasan Char island form Cox’s Bazar camps.
Zahidur took oath under govt pressure: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said that the party’s lawmaker-elect Md Zahidur Rahman from Thakurgaon 3 took oath as an MP under government pressure.
WASA sewage treatment plants construction in limbo
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority is yet to begin construction works of four sewage treatment plants and renovation of existing Pagla plant under a 23-year master plan taken in September 2014.
PepsiCo is suing farmers in India for growing the potatoes it uses in Lays chips
PepsiCo is suing four farmers in India for copyright infringement, claiming they were growing a variety of potatoes trademarked by the company for exclusive use in its Lays potato chips.
Trump admin aiming for major nuclear deal with Russia and China
President Donald Trump has his eyes on a new foreign policy prize: a grand nuclear deal with Russia and China, that he sees as a potential signature foreign policy achievement. However, some arms control experts are concerned the effort could backfire.
Lethal bungling: Sri Lanka’s Easter bombings
THE number of dead is bound to rise, already standing at more than three hundred. The bombs, worn by seven suicide bombers, struck at three churches during the period of Easter Sunday
Iran is no one’s colony
THE American aggression against Iran is escalating to a level that threatens world war. On April 22, the USA declared that it has withdrawn ‘waivers’ given to China, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, Italy and Greece, under the illegal US economic warfare campaign being
No antibiotic sale without prescription: HC
The High Court on Thursday asked the government to prevent sale of antibiotics without prescriptions issued by registered doctors.
