NEC approves Delta Plan 2100
The National Economic Council on Tuesday approved the much anticipated Delta Plan 2100 in a bid to tap the huge potentials of Bangladesh as a Delta country through water resources management, ensuring food and water security and tackling disasters.
Trump warns Syria, Russia, Iran against attack on rebel stronghold
President Donald Trump warned Syria and its allies Russia and Iran on Monday against attacking the last major rebel stronghold of Idlib province in the country's northwest.
No helmet, no fuel, says DMP chief
Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Aashaduzzaman Mia on Tuesday said that no human hauler would be allowed to run on the streets in the city.
China's President Xi pledges another $60 billion for Africa
Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced a $60 billion package of aid, investment and loans to Africa, against a backdrop of growing concern about rising debt distress on the continent.
Trump blasts Sessions over indictments of two of his earliest congressional supporters
President Donald Trump on Monday blasted his Attorney General Jeff Sessions and lamented the indictments of two lawmakers who were his earliest supporters in Congress during the 2016 election, suggesting they should not have been charged because they are Republicans.
Myanmar: Reuters journalists investigating Rohingya killings sentenced to 7 years in prison
A Myanmar court sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison for breaking the Official Secrets Act while investigating a massacre of Rohingya Muslims.
ANTI-DRUG DRIVES Crackdown bears hardly any fruit
The countrywide anti-drug drive for around four months has had hardly any impact — drug abuse goes on as ever and the supply chain remains intact, as demand for drugs and treatment of addicts lie largely unaddressed in Bangladesh.
Myanmar army apologises for ‘mistaken’ photos in book
The Myanmar military issued a rare apology on Monday, acknowledging that two photographs it published in a book on the crisis over the Rohingya Muslim minority were ‘published incorrectly’.
Sheikh Hasina’s popularity marks significant rise: IRI survey
The popularity of prime minister Sheikh Hasina had marked a significant rise as around 66 per cent of people in the country had lent out their support for the Bangladesh premier while the Awami
PM rejects dialogue to establish one-party rule: BNP
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the prime minister ruled out the possibility of any discussion with BNP to hold on to power using the state machinery and to establish ‘one-party rule.’
