TANNERY RELOCATION AT SAVAR SC warns of Dhaleswari pollution
The Appellate Division on Sunday warned that action would be taken against the government in the event of the Dhaleshwari River getting polluted by effluents from the tannery park at Savar, on the capital’s outskirt.
Syria strikes: Site of chemical attack hit again
New airstrikes targeted a town in Syria that was hit by a chemical attack earlier this week, activists said, less than a day after the US bombarded a Syrian air base to "send a message" to the Assad regime.
US aircraft carrier-led strike group headed toward Korean Peninsula
A US aircraft carrier-led strike group is headed toward the Western Pacific Ocean near the Korean Peninsula, a US defense official confirmed to CNN.
Violent clashes in Venezuela as thousands protest socialist government
Thousands of protesters clashed Saturday for a fifth consecutive day with security forces in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital.
Stockholm attack: Uzbek man held on suspicion of terrorism
A man arrested on suspicion of terrorism offenses after the Stockholm truck attack is from the central Asian republic of Uzbekistan and was known to intelligence services, Swedish authorities said.
PM’S DELHI VISIT Dhaka, Delhi sign 22 deals
Dhaka and New Delhi have signed 22 instruments covering diverse areas of bilateral cooperations including economic, defence cooperation, power, peaceful use of nuclear energy, outer space, information technology and mass media.
Bangladesh-India joint statement pledges to take relations to new height
Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi issued a joint statement in New Delhi Saturday evening with a pledge to pursue new opportunities to further deepen and broaden bilateral relations for the mutual benefit of the people of both countries. The full text of the joint statement is given bellow.
We believe we’ll get India’s support to resolve issues: Hasina
Bangladesh and India on Saturday reinforced their pledge ‘zero tolerance’ policy against extremism alongside reiterating their strong commitment to make borders peaceful and free from criminal activities as prime minister Sheikh Hasina held talks with her counterpart Nardendra Modi in New Delhi.
Hasina sells country: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia alleged Saturday evening that prime minister Sheikh Hasina had sold the country for clinging to power.
Mercy pleas of Mufti Hannan, two others rejected
The president has rejected petitions for clemency filed by banned Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami chief Mufti Abdul Hannan and its two activists, clearing the way of their executions any time for killing three people and injuring former UK high commissioner Anwar Choudhury in a grenade attack in 2004.
