Safe road far off
Government directives, higher court orders and countrywide student protests — all have gone in vain as safe road still remains limited to empty words of those in authority, observe road safety campaigners.
Government to do everything to cope with changing world: PM
Mentioning that science and technologies are like flowing rivers, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the government would do whatever was needed to cope with the fast-changing world to ensure a brighter future for the young generation.
Four bullet-hit bodies recovered in Narayanganj
Police recovered the bullet-hit bodies of four young men at Panchrukhi of Araihazar in Narayanganj on Sunday morning.
Trump says US is ending decades-old nuclear arms treaty with Russia
President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the US is pulling out of the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia, a decades-old agreement that has drawn the ire of the President.
Friends of Jamal Khashoggi want his body back so they can have a funeral
Friends of Jamal Khashoggi, the dissident Saudi journalist killed in disputed circumstances in his country's consulate in Istanbul, have demanded that authorities in Riyadh produce his remains.
Remains of Marino to arrive today
Mortal remains of Bangladesh’s friend and freedom fighter father Marino Rigon will arrive here on Sunday from Italy, a year after his demise.
JOF again denied permission for Oct 24 rally
The Sylhet Metropolitan Police on Saturday denied the newly formed Jatiya Oikya Front permission to hold its first rally in Sylhet on October 24 to launch their campaign for a free and fair general election under a party-neutral government.
Jamal Khashoggi died in fight at Istanbul consulate, Saudi state TV claims
Saudi Arabia has confirmed the death of missing Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, claiming he died in a fist fight involving more than a dozen Saudi officials at the country's consulate in Istanbul.
India / At least 59 killed as train hits crowd in Amritsar
A commuter train travelling at high speed ran through a crowd of people on the rail tracks in northern India killing at least 59 people on Friday, state officials said, making it India's worst rail disaster this year.
Highway extortion all the way
Rampant extortion on the country’s highways and roads is a major reason for the prevailing anarchy and culture of impunity in the road transport sector, experts and insiders of the sector believe.
