Barbara Bush, Republican matriarch and former first lady, dies at 92
(CNN)Barbara Bush, the matriarch of a Republican political dynasty and a first lady who elevated the cause of literacy, died Tuesday, according to a statement from her husband's office. She was 92
NTSB: Engine in deadly Southwest jet incident missing a fan blade
Philadelphia (CNN)Passengers aboard a Dallas-bound Southwest Airlines flight Tuesday struggled to pull a woman back into the plane after she was sucked into a hole left by a shattered window, witnesses said
BNP for army deployment in Gazipur, Khulna city polls
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday demanded deployment of army seven days before the elections to Khulna and Gazipur city corporations scheduled for May 15
Mujibnagar Day being observed
The nation is celebrating today the Mujibnagar Day, commemorating the formation of the provisional government of Bangladesh during the War for Independence in 1971.
Rajib loses his fight for survival at DMCH
Rajib Hasan, the Government Titumir College student whose life had been teetering on the edge since he was horrifically sandwiched between two moving buses on April 3
CAPITAL’S RECKLESS BUS DRIVING One victim on life support, another paralysed, 3rd in critical condition
Reckless bus driving in the capital made three victims in the 1st 11 days of this month. Ttumir College student Rajib Hossain has been on life support at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital after losing his right forearm on April 3
Annual motorbike registration rate jumps
The annual rate of motorcycle registration jumped after 2014 when 90,685 were registered with the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority. In 2015, BRTA officials told New Age that 2.4 lakh motorbikes were given registration, 3.32 lakh in 2016 and 3.25 in 2017.
HC asks govt to pay compensation to owners of vested properties
The High Court Division has directed the government to pay sufficient compensations to owners of vested properties now under the government’s possession.
Abe faces awkward Trump summit on North Korea amid plummeting support in Japan
(CNN)Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who heads Tuesday to Mar-a-Lago for a meeting with US President Donald Trump, is in dire need of a policy win as he faces challenges abroad and protests at home
Scientists hope new enzyme will 'eat' plastic pollution
(CNN)Scientists have accidentally developed a plastic-eating enzyme that may be used to combat one of the world's worst pollution problems
