Govt ensured voting rights of people: PM
Newly elected mayors of Rajshahi and Sylhet city corporations AHM Khairuzzman Liton and Ariful Haque Chowdhury took oath of office on Wednesday.
Trump slams damning New York Times op-ed as 'gutless'
An unnamed senior Trump administration official assailed President Donald Trump's "amorality" and reckless decision-making in a New York Times op-ed published Wednesday and said he or she is part of a "resistance" working to thwart Trump's worst impulses.
Duterte critic hides in Senate after President calls for arrest
A Philippines lawmaker is set to spend a second night holed up in the Senate Wednesday after the country's president, Rodrigo Duterte, announced he was seeking his arrest over coup attempts that happened over a decade ago.
Toyota is recalling 1 million hybrids at risk of catching fire
Toyota is recalling more than 1 million of its hybrid vehicles worldwide over a potential fire risk. The automaker said Wednesday that the safety recall covers its Prius, Prius plug-in hybrid and C-HR SUV models and is intended to repair a problem with their electrical systems, which in some cases can cause fires.
Free, fair polls not possible under present EC: Sujon
Sushasoner Jonno Nagarik secretary Badiul Alam Majumder on Wednesday said free and fair election was not possible under the present Election Commission.
ACC sues SP Mizan, wife
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday filed two cases against superintendent of police Mizanur Rahman and his wife Salma Akter Nipa on charge of accumulating illegal wealth.
Doctors’ tilt to urban areas leaves rural people in lurch
Tejgaon Thana Health Complex, with its 27 physicians, in the capital’s Tejgaon Industrial Area treats only 15 to 150 patients a day, most of the time having nothing to do.
Polls-time govt in 20 days, polls likely on Dec 27: Muhith
Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Wednesday said the election-time government would be formed in next 20 days comprising prime minister Sheikh Hasina and few more ministers.
Russians charged over UK Novichok nerve agent attack
A counterfeit perfume bottle, a basic east London hotel and two burly Russians likely traveling under aliases: just some of the unprecedented details revealed by British authorities Wednesday of how they believe the Novichok poisonings in Salisbury, southern England, were carried out.
Bangladeshi researchers invent low-cost cancer detection tech
A group of Bangladeshi researchers on Wednesday said that they have invented a mechanism for detection of cancer through the blood test in less than five minutes at a cost of Tk 500, when currently cancers diagnosis is a long, costly and challenging process.
