Country to move forward in new year: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday expressed her firm optimism that Bangladesh will continue its march forward in the new year.
Two killed in Meherpur ‘gunfight’
Two suspected criminals were killed in a reported gunfight between police and their cohorts at Gangni in Meherpur early Friday.
None would be allowed to interfere in internal affairs: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday said that none would be allowed to interfere in Bangladesh’s internal affairs in the name of friendship and development.
Two schoolboys drown in Teesta
Two schoolboys drowned on the Teesta River at Mohipur in Gangachhara of Rangpur on Friday.
Trump's stunning u-turns on NATO, China, Russia and Syria
Within a few hours of extraordinary political shape-shifting, President Donald Trump abandoned stances that were at the bedrock of his establishment-bashing campaign.
Trump's saber-rattling is North Korea's propaganda dream come true
North Korea is a country prepared for conflict.Still technically at war with its southern neighbor, ordinary North Koreans are warned to be in a state of constant vigilance to threats from the outside, particularly from the US./
China calls for calm as US dispatches naval might to Korean waters
China called for a "peaceful" resolution to tensions on the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday, as a United States aircraft carrier strike group churned toward the contested region.
US intelligence intercepted communications between Syrian military and chemical experts
The US military and intelligence community has intercepted communications featuring Syrian military and chemical experts talking about preparations for the sarin attack in Idlib last week, a senior US official tells CNN.
Mufti Hannan, two others hanged
Banned Islamist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami top leader Mufti Abdul Hannan Munshi and two operatives Sharif Shahedul Alam Bipul and Delwar Hossain Ripon hanged in prisons in Gazipur and Sylhet Wednesday night for killing three people and injuring former British high commissioner in Bangladesh and dozen others in Sylhet 13 years ago.
Ganges Barrage Project shelved
The government on Wednesday announced that it abandoned the $ 4 billion Ganges Barrage Project, implementation of which awaited India’s consent until now.
