Former UK Treasury chief takes job editing a free newspaper
He used to run the world's fifth largest economy. Now he'll edit London's free evening newspaper. Former U.K. Treasury chief George Osborne was named editor of the Evening Standard on Friday, an appointment that shocked Britain's political and media establishment. The Standard is a free tabloid with a circulation of 900,000.
Suicide bomber targeting RAB camp in capital dies
An unidentified youth was blown up in a suicide bombing at an under-construction installation of the Rapid Action Battalion at Dakkhin Khan in Dhaka on Friday, leading authorities to reinforce security at airports and other key point installations.
Security beefed up at airports, terminals, prisons
Security was beefed up at different key point installations including airports, river ports and prisons in the country as a suspected suicide bomb attack on an under construction establishment of Rapid Action Battalion at Ashkona in Dhaka killed the attacker on Friday.
Sheikh Mujib’s 97th birth anniversary observed
The 97th anniversary of birth of the country’s founding president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was observed through elaborate programmes across the country on Friday.
PM opens book fair, photo exhibition on Sheikh Mujib
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated a book fair and a photography exhibition on the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Tungipara on Friday, marking the 97th birthday of the great leader.
G20 to jointly fight bank sector hacking
The world’s biggest economies will pledge to jointly fight cyber-attacks on the global banking system, one of the biggest coordinated efforts yet to protect lenders since an $81 million heist of the Bangladesh central bank’s account in 2016.
Dutch elections: Wilders' far-right party beaten, early results show
Conservative Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has staved off a challenge from his far-right rival in an election widely seen as an indicator of populist sentiment in Europe, preliminary results indicated Wednesday.
Federal judge blocks new travel ban; Trump calls it 'judicial overreach'
A federal judge in Hawaii blocked President Donald Trump's new travel ban on Wednesday afternoon, hours before the ban was set to go into effect.
Tillerson to warn China of sanctions over North Korea
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will tell his counterparts in China that the US is prepared to increase financial penalties against Chinese companies and banks that do business with North Korea, according to senior US officials.
Who are the Russians who allegedly hacked Yahoo?
Dmitry Dokuchaev -- an officer with Russia's intelligence agency, the Federal Security Service -- is one of several men named in the US Justice Department's indictment in connection with a conspiracy to hack into Yahoo's network.
