USE OF PORTS BY INDIA: Dhaka works on deal despite risk of congestion
Dhaka has almost finalised the proposed agreement on the use of Chittagong and Mongla ports by New Delhi for carrying goods from one place to other place of India that poses risk of congestion in the sea ports, officials said.
Fatehpur dead identified, relatives decline to receive bodies
The identities of a seven-member family killed during a raid on an extremists’ den at Fatehpur village in Moulvibazzar were confirmed on Monday, but he relatives declined to receive the bodies.
BTRC turns down govt proposal to block Facebook for six hours
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission on Monday turned down a government proposal to block social networking site Facebook for six hours after midnight.
HC stays fresh suspension of Sylhet mayor Ariful
The High Court on Monday stayed a fresh order issued by the government on Sunday suspending Sylhet city mayor Ariful Huq Chowdhury.
Trump: US will act unilaterally on North Korea if necessary
US President Donald Trump has declared he would be willing to go it alone to restrain North Korea's nuclear weapons program should China fail to change the situation, saying if Beijing won't help solve it, then "we will" alone.
Tina Fey to white college-educated women: 'You can't look away'
Comedian Tina Fey is not amused by the college-educated white women who voted for President Donald Trump.
Jared Kushner is in Iraq
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner traveled to Iraq this weekend and is expected back in the United States early this week, a senior administration official told CNN.
Stranger than fiction: How forbidden book was smuggled out of N. Korea
They say fact is stranger than fiction. One book smuggled out of North Korea encapsulates both.
BLOGGER RAJIB MURDER HC upholds death of 2 ex-NSU st
The High Court Division on Sunday upheld the death sentences of Rezwanul Azad Rana and Faisal Bin Nayeem Dwip, both former North South University students and various jail terms to five other students of the same university and a mosque imam for murdering blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider Shovon on February 15, 2013.
Mayors of Rajshahi, Sylhet suspended again
The government on Sunday once again suspended mayors of Rajshahi and Sylhet immediately after they had resumed offices following court orders after two years.
