Janaza of Rangpur city ex-mayor Jhantu held
The namaz-e-janaza of former mayor of Rangpur City Corporation Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu was held at the South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad in Dhaka on Monday morning. A guard of honour was given to the late freedom fighter and also a former lawmaker from Rangpur-1 constituency.
KHALEDA’S BAIL HEARING HC keeps order pending
The High Court on Sunday concluded the hearing in jailed Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s petition for bail but kept its order pending until getting the records of the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case from the trial court.
SSC QUESTION LEAKS Govt probe body finds questions leaked
The government committee has found that several leaked multiple choice questions of one or two subjects matched those given to the examinees at exam hall during this year’s Secondary School Certificate examinations.
LOAN SCAMS IN STATE-OWNED BANKS Directors go scot free, bank officials chased
Lower and mid-level bankers are facing prosecution for loan scams while boards of directors get off scot-free and even some of them have been promoted although they have failed to prevent misappropriation of billions of taka from the state-owned banks in the past nine years.
Rohingyas struggling to meet basic needs
Rohingyas living in Cox’s Bazar are struggling to meet their basic needs despite massive relief efforts as their camps are severely overcrowded which is obstructing efforts to maintain sustainable water, sanitation and health services, aid workers have said.
Fear and horror among Indonesia's LGBT community as gay sex ban looms
(CNN)When Ael left home to go to school in Jakarta, his parents warned him to be careful in the big city. "Be a kind person," his mother told him. He worked hard and found a good job as a teacher in the sprawling Indonesian capital
Parkland survivor says thanks to online conspiracy theorists
New York (CNN)Florida high school shooting survivor David Hogg wants to say thank you to all the conspiracy theorists and detractors he believes have helped amplify his real message.Hogg, 17, said the people attacking him online as a "crisis actor" who's been "coached" on anti-gun talking points are really just "great advertisers."
Airstrikes are still pounding Eastern Ghouta despite a ceasefire, doctor says
(CNN) A United Nations resolution calling for a 30-day ceasefire in Syria appears "to be ink on paper," according to doctors working inside the besieged Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta, which suffered intense bombardment again Sunday.
China to drop presidential term limits, clearing way for Xi Jinping to stay on
(CNN)China's Communist Party (CCP) has proposed amending the country's constitution to allow President Xi Jinping to serve a third term in office.State-run news agency Xinhua said the Party will remove the provision that the President and Vice President "shall serve no more than two consecutive terms" from the constitution of the People's Republic of China.
White House on North Korea talks: 'We will see'
Pyeongchang, South Korea (CNN)The White House has responded to North Korea's willingness to hold talks with the United States, saying in a statement Sunday that "there is a brighter path available for North Korea if it chooses denuclearization."
