PM inaugurates six power plants, nine grid stations
As much as 1062 megawatts of electricity have been added to the country’s national grid as prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday inaugurated six power plants and nine grid substations.
Trump calls for rejection of 'politics of revenge' in speech that jabs Democrats
President Donald Trump appeared before a divided Congress for the first time on Tuesday to appeal to lawmakers' sense of unity at a moment of deepening partisan spite.
North Korea is hiding nukes and selling weapons, alleges confidential UN report
North Korea is moving its nuclear and ballistic weapons to hide them from potential US military strikes, according to a UN Security Council diplomat citing a confidential UN report.
Police now lobby for postings in foreign missions
Senior officials of the police during their exclusive meeting with prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday demanded their deputation to the Bangladeshi missions abroad as police liaison officer to deal with police-related issues.
Deaths due to reckless driving on rise
Casualties mainly due to reckless driving have once again spiked rendering futile all efforts of the authorities concerned to bring down the number of deaths in road accidents.
Finish trials in drugs cases in six months: HC
The High Court Division on Tuesday directed the lower courts to complete trials in drug offence cases within six months.
Angelina Jolie urges Myanmar to show genuine commitment
UNHCR special envoy and famous Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie on Tuesday urged the Myanmar authorities to show the genuine commitment to end the cycle of violence, displacement,
Schoolgirl among four killed in city road accidents
Four people, including a school girl, were killed in three road accidents in the capital on Tuesday. At Uttara, a ten-year-old girl Faija Tahsia Suchi, daughter of Daily Ittefaq’s assistant editor Faijul Islam, was killed while a microbus hit her on her way to school with her father around 7:00am.
Mamata stages sit-in against Modi
The chief minister of a big Indian state led a sit-in on Monday in a standoff with prime minister Narendra Modi’s government over a corruption investigation she condemned as a vendetta, as political tension rises ahead of a general election.
Seven dead in Paris building blaze: fire service
Seven people died and another was seriously injured in a building fire in a wealthy Paris neighbourhood on Monday night, the fire service said.
