PM to attend Riyadh counter-terrorism summit today
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to attend a summit in Riyadh on countering terrorism and containing extremism today.
AL SPECIAL EXTENDED MEETING MPs blamed for creating distance with grassroots
Ruling Awami League’s district committee leaders on Saturday complained that the party MPs distanced themselves from dedicated workers at the grassroots.
Govt urged to cancel water-body leases in hoar belt
Eminent citizens on Saturday urged the government to cancel all the leases of water-bodies in the country’s haor belt and to provide sufficient relief for affected people so that they could overcome huge loses they counted from flashflood.
First on CNN: Russian officials bragged they could use Flynn to influence Trump, sources say
Russian officials bragged in conversations during the presidential campaign that they had cultivated a strong relationship with former Trump adviser retired Gen. Michael Flynn and believed they could use him to influence Donald Trump and his team, sources told CNN.
NYT: Trump brags to Russians about firing 'nut job' Comey
President Donald Trump bragged to two top Russian officials last week that firing "nut job" FBI Director James Comey eased "great pressure" on him, The New York Times reported Friday.
Kushner called Lockheed CEO about $100B Saudi arms deal
President Donald Trump's son-in-law and utility diplomat, Jared Kushner, shocked a high-level Saudi delegation earlier this month when he personally called Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson and asked if she would cut the price of a sophisticated missile detection system, according to a source with knowledge of the call.
Russia: US strikes on pro-regime forces in Syria 'totally unacceptable'
Russia has condemned a series of US coalition airstrikes on a military convoy allied with President Bashar al-Assad in Syria as "totally unacceptable."
PM invited to visit Qatar
Qatari prime minister Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani has invited his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina to visit the Gulf state.
Take out ‘No Parking’ signs from roads: Annisul
Dhaka north city mayor Annisul Huq on Friday called on the private organisations and firms to take out ‘No Parking’ signs that were put up occupying city roads.
BNP wants success of CJ’s efforts: Moudud
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Moudud Ahmed on Friday claimed that chief justice SK Sinha was ‘truly trying to establish independence of judiciary’.
