Sessions changes statement about Trump campaign and Russia
US attorney general Jeff Sessions acknowledged on Tuesday he was aware of contact between Donald Trump's election campaign and Russian intermediaries, again modifying a previous statement about the extent of connections to Moscow.
ATTACK ON HINDUS ‘Facebook user’ Titu arrested
Police arrested Titu Ray, the lone accused in a case of defaming Islam and its prophet in a facebook post that led to an arson attack on houses of Hindus in village Thakurpara in Rangpur, in Nilphamari early Tuesday.
GIVING IMPUNITY TO JUSTICE JOYNUL AD’s letter tarnished highest court’s image: HC
The High Court on Tuesday said that the image and dignity of the highest court was tarnished by a letter the Appellate Division office issued stating that the Anti-Corruption Commission should take no action against former Appellate Division judge Md Joynul Abedin on allegation of possessing illegal wealth.
Bangladeshi national shot dead by BSF
The Indian Border Security Force shot a Bangladeshi cattle trader dead and injured another one on Burimari border at Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat early Wednesday.
RMG WORKERS Move taken to review wages
A move has been initiated to review wages of readymade garment workers against the backdrop of workers’ movement for pay hike and demands from national and international labour rights groups.
400 killed as quake hits Iraq, Iran
More than 400 people were killed in Iran when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted the country, state media said on Monday, and rescuers were searching for dozens trapped under rubble in the mountainous area. At least six have died in Iraq as well.
Threshold of a nuclear conflict in South Asia
IN RECENT months, the whole world has witnessed a campaign launched by the United States and its allies in South-East Asia and NATO against the DPRK because of the ‘nuclear threat from the Pyongyang.’
Tikrit and Najaf: agony and ecstasy in Iraq
NOTHING, absolutely nothing prepares you to revive, on the spot, the memory of what will go down in history as ISIS/Daesh’s most horrid killing field in Iraq or Syria since the death cult stormed across the border in the summer of 2014; the Speicher massacre of June 12, 2014 —
ELEVATED EXPRESSWAY, METRO RAIL CONSTRUCTION Ital-Thai’s poor safety records worry officials, experts
Poor safety records of Ital-Thai Development Private Company Limited worry experts and officials of two mega projects the company is implementing in crowded Dhaka as seven accidents during construction of an elevated railway in Bangkok have killed seven people.
ATTACK ON HINDUS IN RANGPUR Uneasy calm still prevails, 24 more arrested
Uneasy calm prevailed at village Thakurpara in Rangpur on Monday, three days after the Hindus of the village came under an arson attack over a facebook post defaming Islam and its prophet.
