Dhaka signed no deal with Riyadh for troop deployment: FM
Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Sunday informed the parliament that Bangladesh did not sign any agreement with Saudi Arabia over troop deployment as it had only inked a memorandum of understand on defence cooperation.
Ethiopian Airlines flight crashes with 157 aboard
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 crashed Sunday morning en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi with 149 passengers and eight crew believed to be on board, Ethiopian Airlines said, as Ethiopia’s prime minister offered condolences to victims’ families.
Khaleda declines to get admitted to BSMMU
Although all preparations were taken, Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia was not taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Sunday for treatment as she expressed her unwillingness to go there.
UZ Polls: Voting suspended at three centres, two officials held
Voting in three polling centres of Sirajganj and Habiganj was suspended on Sunday over allegations of irregularities and snatching of ballot papers.
Obaidul talking normally: physician
Ailing road, transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader is now talking normally to family members and physicians as his condition is improving gradually. /
Monarchy, democracy, oligarchy, mafia… or authoritarianism
GIVEN increasingly serious accusations against President Trump, Americans have been mystified by the reluctance of the Democrats now in control of the House, to initiate impeachment
Fire at Karail slum again
A fire broke out at Karail slum at Mohakhali in Dhaka on Saturday morning.
DU restricts press access to polling stations
Dhaka University authorities have imposed a restriction on all electronic devices including mobile phones inside the polling centres and live telecast from booths in the election to central students union of the university slated for March 11.
Heads of cattle can be bought, not of humans: Dr Kamal Hossain
Gono Forum president Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday said that heads of cattle can be bought but not of humans, he was venting his anger over Gono Forum lawmaker-elect Sultan Muhammad Mansur Ahmed’s oath taking as member of the 11th parliament on Thursday.
US satellite images cast doubt on Indian claim
High-resolution satellite images reviewed by Reuters show that a religious school run by Jaish-e-Mohammad in northeastern Pakistan appears to be still standing days after India claimed its warplanes had hit the Islamist group’s training camp on the site and killed a large number
