Gulshan café attack accused extremist held
A team of Rapid Action Battalion has arrested a charge-sheeted accused of the case filed over Gulshan Holey Artisan Bakery attack in 20016.
Fuel pipeline blaze in Mexico kills 66
An explosion and fire killed at least 66 people who were illegally collecting fuel gushing from a leaking pipeline in central Mexico, the Hidalgo state governor said on Saturday.
Trump's offer of temporary protection for immigrants to end shutdown is a 'non-starter,' say Democrats
President Donald Trump on Saturday launched a new plan to end the government shutdown, offering temporary protection from deportations for some undocumented immigrants in exchange for $5.7 billion in wall funding.
PM pledges to establish political rights of citizens
Prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina on Saturday pledged to establish political rights of all citizens.
Govt, int’l community urged to put pressure on Mynamar
Academics and lawyers at a symposium in Dhaka on Saturday called on the international community to focus on the need for the compensation for state-sponsored violence forcing Rohingyas to flee their home in Rakhine in Myanmar to Bangladesh.
UNSG finds Bangladesh polls ‘not perfect’
The United Nations secretary general, Antonio Guterres, on Friday said the 11th parliamentary election in Bangladesh was ‘not perfect’ and called for meaningful dialogue among the political parties in Bangladesh.
May refuses to rule out ‘no-deal’ Brexit
British prime minister Theresa May scrambled to put together a new Brexit strategy after MPs rejected her EU divorce deal, and insisted she could not rule out a potentially damaging ‘no-deal’ split.
1,433 seek AL nomination for 43 reserved JS seats for women
Ruling Awami League on Friday concluded the four-day sale of nomination forms for election to the reserved seats for women in the 11th parliament.
Fast track projects on slow lane
The implementation rates of most of the 10 fast track projects are poor despite special focus and monitoring by a special committee of the Prime Minister’s Office while economists think that delayed implementations cause cost overruns and lower expected benefits from them.
Internet shutdowns aren't just Africa's problem. They're happening worldwide
When Hong Kong police fired tear gas at peaceful pro-democracy protesters in 2014, the news moved swiftly through social media. Photos and videos of mostly student demonstrators being gassed helped fuel the outrage that ultimately drove hundreds of thousands of people into the streets.
