BNP hails PM’s retirement plan
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday said it is good news that prime minister Sheikh Hasina has planned to go on retirement, saying that people are waiting ‘for that day’.
Skipping parliament a wrong political decision: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the elected lawmakers of Bangladesh Nationalist Party-dominated Jatiya Oikya Front to refrain from taking a ‘wrong political decision’ of not joining the Parliament.
Govt backtracks on high-powered body
The government has backtracked on appointing a high-powered committee on the country’s ailing banking sector as it will constitute a review committee to deal with the growing bad loans in the state-owned banking sector.
Thai princess apologises after being disqualified from PM run
The Thai king's sister, disqualified this week by the Election Commission from running for prime minister, apologised for causing ‘problems’ for the Thai people ahead of next month's election, the country's first since a 2014 coup.
Probe body formed over Thakurgaon BGB firing
The local administration in Thakurgaon has formed a three-member probe committee to investigate into the Tuesday’s clash between villagers and members of Border Guard Bangladesh that left three people killed and several injured.
US commander warns of 'little to no verifiable change' in North Korea's military capabilities
The top US commander on the Korean Peninsula told Senate lawmakers Tuesday that "despite a reduction" in tensions with North Korea, there has been "little to no verifiable change" in the country's military capabilities since President Donald Trump's first summit with Kim Jong Un last summer.
Drug lord, escape artist 'El Chapo' convicted by US jury
The world's most infamous cartel boss Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, who rose from poverty in rural Mexico to amass billions of dollars, was found guilty in a US court on Tuesday of smuggling tons of drugs to the United States over a violent, colorful, decades-long career.
Bangladesh PM plans to stay in village after retirement
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said that she would live at her village in Tungipara after retirement from politics.
49 woman candidates set to be elected unopposed
The Election Commission is going to declare 49 candidates elected unopposed for the parliamentary seats reserved for women as the commission’s scrutiny on Tuesday found all of them valid.
HC questions legality of govt doctors’ private practice
The High Court on Tuesday asked the government to explain in four weeks the legality of the provisions that allowed private practice of doctors employed in the public health service.
