RANA PLAZA COLLAPSE Rana among 10 indicted
Charges were framed against 10 accused, including Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana, on Sunday for violating building code in constructing Rana Plaza that collapsed in 2013, killing at least 1,129 people.
Hasina accorded reception in KSA
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina was accorded a warm reception as she arrived in Riyadh Saturday night on a four-day official visit to Saudi Arabia to join the Arab-Islamic-US summit at the invitation of Saudi king Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
BNP protests at raid amid police bar
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday said that they would banish from Bangladesh ‘nasty politics’ like ‘ransacking’ opposition party office by misusing police.
SC orders for reinstatement of 138 doctors at BSMMU
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday ordered to reinstate 138 doctors of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, whose appointments were pronounced illegal by the High Court earlier on December 14, 2010.
Trump, White House officials bounce along to Saudi sword dance
President Donald Trump and other male White House officials bounced along to a ceremonial sword dance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Saturday outside the Murabba Palace.
First on CNN: Comey now believes Trump was trying to influence him, source says
Former FBI Director James Comey now believes that President Donald Trump was trying to influence his judgment about the Russia probe, a person familiar with his thinking says, but whether that influence amounts to obstruction of justice remains an open question.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani wins re-election in victory for moderates
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani handily won re-election in what amounts to a victory for the Shiite nation's reformist camp and a sign that citizens favor fruitful engagement with the outside world.
Israelis on edge before Trump visit
Only days before President Donald Trump visits Jerusalem, Israeli politicians describe an atmosphere of "nervousness" and "confusion."
Police raid Khaleda’s office
Dhaka Metropolitan Police raided Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s office at Gulshan in Dhaka Saturday morning in search of ‘anti-state sticker’ and filmed each room in the building.
Poor planning turns Dhaka least liveable
More than eight lakh people live only in 13 square kilometres at ward-2 (Goran) in Dhaka south city but there is no government high school, college or healthcare facilities for them..
