Singapore Airlines changed U.S. route because of North Korean missiles

Singapore Airlines changed a flight route between Asia and the U.S. earlier this year because of fears over North Korean missile launches.

ZIA ORPHANAGE TRUST CASE I never misused power: Khaleda

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia told a special judge’s court in Dhaka on Tuesday that she had never misused her power as a prime minister. She said this while concluding her statement as the court examined her as an accused in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.

PM urges youths to realise Bangladesh dream with ICT

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday opened a four-day Digital World expo in the capital urging youths to be ‘Ready for Tomorrow’ to turn in reality of Bangladesh’s dream with the ICT sector.

BB removes NRBC Bank MD

Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday removed NRB Commercial Bank managing director Dewan Mujibur Rahman following a number of loan scandals in the bank.

BNP does not rule out possibility of election alliance with JP

Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said BNP did not rule out possibility of election alliance with Jatiya Party led by HM Ershad.

Many Rohingyas face acute water crisis

Many Rohingyas entering Bangladesh to flee ethnic cleansing in Myanmar continue facing acute scarcity of safe drinking water in the makeshift camps and shelters.

Hasina wants connectivity among Asian nations

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday put emphasis on increasing connectivity and cooperation among the Asian nations for the interest of the people of this region.

Gearless vessel number downsized at Ctg port

Chittagong Port Authority in an undeclared move forced the shipping companies to downsize the number of gearless (ships without cranes) vessels calling at this premier port of the country, port and shipping circles said

DNC MAYORAL BY-ELECTION EC fears legal complications

Election Commission officials said Tuesday that holding mayoral by-election in Dhaka North City faces legal complications over letting the voters of 18 new wards to cast their votes.

JAILING PHYSICIAN IN LAKSHMIPUR ADC made OSD, summoned by HC

Additional deputy commissioner of Lakshmipur Sheikh Murshidul Islam was made officer on special duty at public administration ministry on Tuesday, a day after a mobile court jailed a physician, Salauddin Sharif, for three months on the allegation of assaulting the ADC.