The world looks past Donald Trump
Foreign policy, increasingly, is what is happening around the world while the United States is making other plans.
Qatar flaunts gas strength with plans to boost output
Under pressure from its neighbors, Qatar is planning to produce much more gas -- the mainstay of its economy.
Farhad Mazhar released in own custody, hospitalised
Poet, writer and researcher Farhad Mazhar, who was allegedly abducted from Dhaka Monday morning and found on a bus in Jessore Monday night, was admitted to BIRDEM hospital after a Dhaka metropolitan magistrate’s court released him in his own custody on Tuesday.
FACTORY BOILER EXPLOSIONS Lack of inspection, owners’ negligence blamed
Labour rights groups on Tuesday blamed absence of proper inspection by the government agency concerned and factory owners’ negligence for the frequent boiler explosions, which claimed so many lives across the country.
APPAREL FACTORY BOILER BLAST Death toll rises to 13
The death toll from Monday’s boiler blast at a Gazipur apparel factory rose to 13 as the firefighters recovered four more bodies from the debris of the factory building until Tuesday evening.
Accidents, disasters due to total failure of govt: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday remarked that the occurrences of accidents and disasters had risen alarmingly during the incumbent government’s tenure due to its ‘total failure’ to intervene effectively by examining the causes of such incidents.
Flood situation worsens in Sylhet, Moulavibazar
The overall flood situation in Sylhet and Moulvibazar on deteriorated on Tuesday, inundating new areas, with water overflowing river banks in the two districts.
North Korea fires missile into waters off Japan
North Korea fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile Tuesday that flew into waters east of the Korean Peninsula.
Trump, Putin and the meeting that could shape the world
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have been circling one another, intrigued yet at a distance, ever since the former real estate tycoon launched his convention-busting White House bid.
Emmanuel Macron assassination plot foiled by French police
A man has been charged with plotting to assassinate French President Emmanuel Macron on Bastille Day during US President Donald Trump's visit to France, a spokeswoman for the Paris Prosecutor's office said Monday.
