Lalbagh fire doused, no casualty
A fire that broke out at shops of scrap dealers at Lane 6 of Shahidnagar at Lalbagh in the capital on Saturday night was doused after one hour.
DUCSU, hall unions take charge amid protests
Newly elected members of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union and hall students’ unions on Saturday took charges amidst protests against irregularities and vote rigging in the March 11 polls which was boycotted by majority of the contestants.
11 looming questions now that Mueller's investigation is over
Special counsel Robert Mueller has finished his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and turned over his final report to Attorney General William Barr.
Boeing promoted 737 MAX as requiring little additional pilot training
New evidence has surfaced that Boeing told its commercial airline customers that the 737 MAX was fundamentally similar to previous versions of the workhorse jet, despite the addition of a stability system investigators are scrutinizing in probes of the Lion Air and Ethiopian crashes.
Thailand's youth demand change ahead of elections
Choltanutkun Tun-Atiruj wasn't old enough to vote in the last official elections held in Thailand in 2011.
Railway makes little efforts to recover occupied lands
Bangladesh Railway’s efforts to recover its grabbed and use unused lands across the country have been insignificant in the absence of a land use master plan.
PBI fails to complete investigation into RAB shooting at Lemon
The Police Bureau of Investigation is yet to complete fresh investigation into the shooting at Jhalakati college student Lemon Hossain in the left leg by the Rapid Action Battalion on March 23, 2011 causing amputation of the leg.
JP co-chairman GM Quader relieved of post
Jatiya Party co-chairman Ghulam Mohammad Quader was relieved of the position on Friday.
BNP leaders for expanding JOF
Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders think that a greater effective political alliance should be formed expanding the Jatiya Oikya Front as the opposition alliance apparently failed to yield any tangible political mileage centring the 11th parliamentary polls.
NZ begins funerals for victims
The bodies of victims from New Zealand’s mosques mass shooting were carried in open caskets on the shoulders of mourners into a large tent at Christchurch’s Memorial Park Cemetery on Wednesday — the first burials of the 50 victims.
