George H.W. Bush dead at 94
Former US President George H.W. Bush has died at age 94 in Houston, according to his spokesperson.
One killed, 100 injured as Tabligh groups clash on ijtema ground
A devotee was killed and more than hundred got injured as two groups of Tabligh Jamaat locked in a fierce clash over establishing supremacy on the ijtema ground on the bank of the river Turag at Tongi in Gazipur.
Agitation continues at JP office
Many Jatiya Party leaders and their supporters staged protests at party chairman HM M Ershad’s Banani office on Thursday as the leaders were not given nomination from the ruling Awami League-led ‘grand alliance’ for the December 30 parliamentary elections.
281 AL, 696 BNP nominations filed
A total of 2,567 party aspirants, including 281 from the ruling Awami League and 696 from the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and 498 independent aspirants, including AL and BNP rebels, submitted nomination papers for the 11th parliamentary polls slated for December 30.
Trump ex-lawyer pleads guilty to lying about Moscow tower project
Michael Cohen, president Donald Trump's former longtime personal lawyer, pleaded guilty on Thursday to lying to Congress about a proposed Trump Organisation skyscraper in Moscow, prompting the president to lash out at Cohen as a liar and ‘weak person.’
The UK government says its Brexit deal will hurt the economy
It's official: The British government's plan for leaving the European Union will be bad for the economy.
One in three Bangladeshis suffers from liver disease
One in every three Bangladeshis is suffering from liver diseases, said an organisation of hepatologists in Bangladesh.
Pompeo, Mattis briefing provokes Senate backlash
After a closed-door briefing with senators Wednesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo once again defended the Trump administration's response to the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying there is "no direct reporting" connecting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the killing.
3,056 nomination papers filed amid festivity, irregularities
The election officials received 3,056 nomination papers for the 300 electoral constituencies for the 11th parliamentary elections scheduled for December 30 as the deadline for filing nominations expired Wednesday.
White House's Kudlow floats possible 'breakthrough' in China trade talks
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Tuesday dangled the possibility of a "breakthrough" between President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart on trade at their upcoming Argentina meeting -- but again said China has to blink first.
