SC has no effective control over subordinate judiciary: CJ

Chief Justice SK Sinha said Tuesday said that the Supreme Court has no effective control over the lower judiciary.

North Korea fires second ballistic missile in a week

North Korea conducted its second missile test within a week, sending a medium-range ballistic missile into the waters off its east coast Sunday, according to statements from North Korea and other governments.

'Drive them out': Trump calls on Muslims to share burden in terror fight

President Donald Trump looked to make clear that the United States is not at war with Islam in a major speech here on Sunday, instead defining the battle against terrorist groups as a "battle between good and evil" as he urged Muslim-majority countries to redouble their counterterrorism efforts.

Water breaches 'Doomsday' vault entrance, seeds unharmed

Unseasonably warm temperatures last fall caused water to breach the entrance to the Arctic's so-called "Doomsday" seed vault, one of humanity's last hopes after a global catastrophe, the company that manages the vault said last week.

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.

Only 13 govt schools set up since liberation

Successive governments established only 13 new government secondary schools and nationalised another 60 such institutions inside 46 years of the independence of the country.

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.