MP’s son found dead at NAM building

Son of Satkhira-1 constituency lawmaker Mustafa Lutfullah was found dead at NAM building adjacent to Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban area in the capital

NARAYANGONG VIOLENCE Ivy improving, says doctor

The condition of Narayanganj city mayor Selina Hayat Ivy, who suffered brain hemorrhage after a clash with lawmaker Shamim Osman, was now stable and improving fast, doctors said on Saturday

Energy div for raising gas price for Lafarge cement

The government has initiated a move to increase the price of natural gas supplied to the multinational cement company LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Limited, formerly Lafarge Surma Cement, 15 years after signing the gas supply agreement with the company.

Rohingya man shot dead in Cox’s Bazar

A Rohingya man was gunned down by some unidentified miscreants at a Rohingya camp at Thaingkhali under Ukhia upazila in Cox’s Bazar on Friday night

How the seizure of a US spy ship by North Korea nearly sparked nuclear war

"This is it, they're taking us out here to kill us," Stu Russell thought as he trudged through the snow in the middle of the night into a dark forest.Russell was one of 83 Americans held captive inside North Korea, following the seizure of the USS Pueblo spy ship in international waters, on January 23, 1968.

Gunmen launch siege at Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)Afghan special forces traded fire Sunday morning with the remaining gunmen who attacked the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul hours earlier, Afghanistan's TOLO news channel reported.

How the Victoria and Albert Museum in China signals a new design for Shenzhen

The first thing anyone tells you about Shenzhen, the city in southern China that borders Hong Kong and has a population of at least 12 million, is that it was once a sleepy fishing village.

Acrimony deepens after government shutdown's first day

(CNN)Day one of the government shutdown ended with recriminations between the parties deepening and no sign of progress towards ending the impasse.The White House, Republican and Democratic leaders spent most of Saturday apportioning blame and flexing partisan muscles

Turkish jets hammer Syrian town to oust US-backed Kurdish militia

(CNN)Turkish airstrikes pounded the Kurdish-held region of Afrin in northern Syria on Saturday, killing at least eight people, according to a statement released by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) General Command

India tests-fires Agni-V, a nuclear-capable ICBM

New Delhi (CNN)India has successfully test-fired a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the country's Defense Ministry said Thursday