24-hour operation at Benapole from today
Benapole land port will be kept open round the clock for seven days a week from Tuesday in a bid to expedite trade facilities with India
Indian doctors see no hope of recovering Siddiqur’s eyesight
The Indian doctors treating Titumir College student Siddiqur Rahman, whose eyes were grievously damaged in police action at Shahbagh in Dhaka on a student demonstration on July 20, said on Monday that there was almost no hope of recovering the eyesight of Siddiqur, according to his family.
Hajj office embarrassed as pilgrims travel to Jeddah without visas
At least two pilgrims have travelled to Saudi Arabia without visas from the host country, causing tension among the Bangladeshi officials in Jeddah. The Saudi immigration authorities have spotted two cases recently and criticised poor hajj management by the Bangladeshi authorities.
SC stays Justice Fazlul Haque’s trial in graft case
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday stayed the trial proceedings in a corruption case against former adviser to caretaker government Justice Md Fazlul Haque, also a former Appellate Division judge.
BOGRA RAPE Seven more remanded in police custody
Seven more people were remanded in police custody by a Bogra court on Monday in connection with the rape incident in which the victim was promised admission in a local college.
US options on North Korea: It's a choice between bad and worse
(CNN)So, it has finally happened.Two subsequent launches of long-range Hwasong-14 missiles in July demonstrated that North Korea has joined the small club of countries capable of hitting not only Alaska and Hawaii, but also the Lower 48 with a nuclear warhead.
US detects 'highly unusual' North Korean submarine activity
Washington (CNN)The US military has detected "highly unusual and unprecedented levels" of North Korean submarine activity and evidence of an "ejection test" in the days following Pyongyang's second intercontinental ballistic missile launch this month, a defense official told CNN on Monday.
White House officials tricked by email prankster
(CNN)A self-described "email prankster" in the UK fooled a number of White House officials into thinking he was other officials, including an episode where he convinced the White House official tasked with cyber security that he was Jared Kushner and received that official's private email address unsolicited.
More than 3,000 pounds of heroin seized in India drug bust
(CNN)More than 3,000 pounds (1,500kg) of heroin was seized by the Indian Coast Guard Sunday, in what authorities claim is among the largest drug busts in recent Indian history.
Anthony Scaramucci out as White House communications director
(CNN)Anthony Scaramucci is out as White House communications director, the latest sign of chaos inside the Trump administration.
