IPU assembly ends calling for action to end inequality
The 136th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly ended on Wednesday with the adoption of Dhaka Declaration calling for immediate action to end inequality and resolutions on stopping extremism and financial help to terror organisations and more financial inclusion of women.
Derailment snaps rail communications of Dhaka with north regions
Train communications of Dhaka with north regions of the country were suspended as an intercity train derailed at Pathailkandi of Bhuapur upazila in Tangail early Thursday.
North Korea fires ballistic missile, US State Department says
North Korea fired a projectile into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, on Wednesday morning, US and South Korean officials said.
As Russia mourns St. Petersburg attack, Europe shows little solidarity
When a British national inspired by Islamic State plowed through crowds on London's Westminster Bridge on March 22, killing four and injuring many others, acts of solidarity with the UK took place around Europe.
St. Petersburg bombing carried out by 'suicide' attacker
Monday's deadly St. Petersburg metro attack was carried out by a suicide bomber originally from the central Asian Republic of Kyrgyzstan, authorities said.
May isn't the first female leader to bare her head in Saudi Arabia
British Prime Minister Theresa May drew the world's attention on Tuesday when she decided not to cover her hair during an official visit to Saudi Arabia.
Tista deal unlikely during PM’s India visit
Several matters relating to Bangladesh’s interest, including the signing of Tista River water sharing agreement, are unlikely to be resolved during prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s forthcoming visit to India although the two countries would sign some 33 deals, including a memo on defence cooperation.
RAKIB MURDER Death sentences of 2 commuted to life terms
The High Court on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of motorcycle repair workshop owner Md Shorif and worker Md Mintu Khan to imprisonment for life term for killing co-worker 14-year-old Rakib Hawlader in Khulna by pumping air into his body inserting a high-pressure air pump nozzle into the rectum on August 3, 2015.
HC stays suspensions of Rajshahi, Habiganj mayors
The High Court on Tuesday stayed the suspensions of Rajshahi city mayor Mohammad Mosaddek Hossain and Habiganj municipal mayor GK Gouse.
Khaleda urges activists to prepare to remove govt
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday urged BNP leaders and activists to prepare to remove the government before it could ruin the country.
