7 shot dead at Baghaichari
Seven people, including five on election duty, were killed and 20 others were injured in a gun attack on a motorcade carrying election officials and materials on Sajek-Khagrachhari road at Noimile under Baghaichari upazila in Rangamati Monday evening.
Police ‘insist’ on changing complaint relating to wife
Family members and colleagues of dentist Rajan Karmakar, who was brought dead to a private hospital early Sunday by his surgeon wife, alleged on Monday that cops insisted on changing statement in their complaint that the wife had injured him in the past.
Hasina, Trudeau urge global community to act together against terrorism
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau called upon the global community to act together to stamp out terrorism as they talked over phone on Monday morning.
Electoral atmosphere warning signal for democracy: Mahabub Talukdar
Election commissioner Mahbub Talukdar on Monday dubbed the existing electoral atmosphere as a ‘warning signal’ for democracy and underscored the need for reform to the entire electoral system. Mahbub Talukdar made the observation in a written statement issued during the second phase of the upazila parishad elections held amid a low turnout of voters.
2nd phase UZ polls begins
The voting of second phase elections to 116 upazila began on Monday morning.
Govt working to build a worthy future for children: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reiterated her firm commitment to give a ‘bright future’ to the children by building Bangladesh as a developed and prosperous nation that would be free from hunger, poverty and illiteracy.
New Zealand gun shop says Christchurch suspect bought weapons online, calls for gun law reforms
CHRISTCHURCH (Reuters) - The owner of a New Zealand gun store said on Monday the man charged with murder in Christchurch's mass shooting had bought firearms and ammunition online from the store, but it did not sell him the high-powered weapon used in the mosque shootings.
Steele says he used unverified information to support details about web company in dossier
A newly released snippet of a deposition with the ex-British spy behind the Trump-Russia dossier describes some of the steps he took to verify information he collected for it in 2016, including pulling from a user-generated citizen journalism initiative by CNN, iReport, which no longer
NZ mosque attacker’s profile
A one-time gym trainer from rural Australia who became steeped in neo-fascist ideology during travels in Europe, Brenton Tarrant described himself as an ‘ordinary white man’ - until he became anything but ordinary.
Vigil for independence: Viva Venezuela
VENEZUELA is on the brink of a US ‘takeover’. The dominant narrative, through western press, is of dismal failures of a ‘corrupt authoritarian regime.’ Thus, on January 10, the opposition-
