16TH AMENDMENT VERDICT Justice Khairul calls SC judges immature
Law Commission chairman and former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque Wednesday called the Appellate Division judges ‘immature’ for terming parliament and lawmakers dysfunctional and immature in the verdict scrapping the 16th amendment to the constitution that had empowered parliament to remove Supreme Court judges for misconduct or incapacity.
CRISIS OVER HAJJ FLIGHTS Biman fears situation might turn worse
Biman Bangladesh Airlines at a press conference on Wednesday expressed fear that the situation of ferrying pilgrims to Saudi Arab would deteriorate further as the national flag carrier still lagged behind in sending 10,000 pilgrims on the 17th day of its operations on Wednesday.
Could Congress stop Trump from bombing North Korea?
(CNN)President Donald Trump threatened North Korea with "fire and fury" Tuesday if Pyongyang doesn't stop threatening the United States. But can the President launch a military strike on his own?
North Korea plan to hit Guam waters with missiles to be ready within days
(CNN)North Korea is working on a plan to fire four missiles into the sea off Guam, which will be ready to present to leader Kim Jong Un by mid-August, state media KCNA reported Thursday.
Why it could take months for the US to get ready for war with North Korea
(CNN)Despite bellicose rhetoric coming from US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, analysts say there are no signs the US is planning a first strike on North Korea or that Kim will make good on threats to hit the US territory of Guam.
72 years after Nagasaki bomb, US-North Korea threats worry Asia
Hong Kong (CNN)Seventy-two years to the day after a nuclear bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, North Asia is on edge. An increasingly aggressive war of words between the nuclear-armed United States and North Korea has caused consternation among the region's major powers.
Transgender service members sue over Trump ban
Washington (CNN)Five active duty transgender service members filed the first lawsuit Wednesday against President Donald Trump's directive -- expressed on Twitter -- to prohibit transgender individuals from serving in the armed forces
The chikungunya virus: Bangladesh perspective
MORE than 120 mosquito species have been recorded in Bangladesh during 1908–2016. More than 25 of them are Aedes species, which are responsible for carrying and transmitting the chikungunya virus, as well as many other diseases, to humans. Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are proven culprits for chikungunya.
Fazilatunnesa was source of inspiration, says PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa was the source of all encouragement, power and courage for father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to work for the welfare of the people of this country.
BASIC BANK SCAM ACC spares ex-chair Bacchu from prosecution process
Former BASIC Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu has been left out of the Anti-Corruption Commission’s entire process of investigations into the sensational swindling of over Tk 2,500 crore from the state owned bank by way of extending fictitious loans to little known and non-existent borrowers
