HASINA’S DELHI VISIT India now for basin-wise river management
India has brought basin-wise river management in the negotiations with Bangladesh amid uncertainty of the signing of an agreement on Teesta River water sharing and formal concurrence on Bangladesh’s proposal for joint constructions of the Padma-Ganges Barrage during prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to New Delhi scheduled for April 7-10.
37 Bangladeshi workers arrested in Malaysia
At least 37 undocumented Bangladeshi migrant workers were detained by Malaysian police at its Sarawak province, according to Bernama, a Malaysian news agency.
Clearance must for building houses even at villages
The cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft ‘Urban and Regional Planning Bill 2017’ proposing mandatory clearance from the authorities concerned to use land for building any house or any other development activity even in rural areas.
Joint forces raid two ‘extremist hideouts’ in Chittagong
Joint forces on Monday conducted drives at two houses, believed to be extremist hideouts, at Colonel Haat and Uttar Kattoli in Akbar Shah areas of the city on Monday evening.
HC asks govt to submit report on Padma inquiry committee
The High Court on Monday asked the government to submit a progress report on constituting either an inquiry committee or a commission to identify those who cooked up the stories of ‘corruption conspiracy’ over Padma Bridge project.
China's Xi, Tillerson urge cooperation as North Korea tests rocket engine
North Korea marked the final day of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's Asia visit Sunday by claiming to have tested a new type of rocket engine, underlining the country's defiance of recent calls for calm on the Korean Peninsula.
Former ISIS sex slave demands justice for Yazidis
A Yazidi woman who was kidnapped and taken as a sex slave by ISIS told CNN's Fareed Zakaria on Sunday that the Iraqi government and the UN should establish an investigation in order to bring members of the brutal regime to justice.
Paris Orly Airport: Father of gunman says son 'not a terrorist'
The father of the man shot dead at Orly Airport in Paris after attacking a French solider insisted Sunday his son was "not a terrorist."
Trump, critic of Obama's golfing, regularly hits the links
President Donald Trump, once a critic of his predecessor's golfing, has visited one of his golf courses in Florida -- seemingly to play the sport -- five of the last seven weekends.
GRENADE ATTACK ON UK ENVOY ANWAR CHY Mufti’s execution anytime
The Appellate Division on Sunday rejected the petitions of Harkatul-Jihad Al Islami chief Mufti Abdul Hannan and two other Huji leaders seeking review of their death sentences for murdering three persons and leaving former UK high commissioner Anwar Choudhury by throwing bombs in 2004.
