Omar Abdel-Rahman, 1993 World Trade Center bombing plotter, dies
Omar Abdel-Rahman, an Egyptian-born cleric serving a life sentence for plotting the 1993 bombing at the World Trade Center and other terror attacks in New York, has died, a prison spokesman said Saturday.
North Korean man arrested in Kim Jong Nam's death
Authorities have arrested a fourth suspect in the mysterious death of the half brother of North Korea's leader.
Bana Alabed visits Syrian boy who lost legs in bombing
Two days after losing his legs in the bombing of a Syrian village, a 10-year-old boy received a special visitor Saturday at his hospital bedside.
PM seeks int’l community’s support to relocate Rohingyas
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday sought support from the international community, including Germany, to temporarily relocate illegal Myanmar nationals living in Bangladesh to Thengar Char in Noakhali for providing them with all sorts of facilities.
Grabbers choke Buriganga bridge
The 2nd Buriganga Bridge, linking the capital with Mawa via Keraniganj, has been choked by influential elements’ illegal businesses, run over and below it, posing serious risks for longevity of the key surface communication facility.
Commercial entities in residential areas Authorities turn a blind eye
At least 3,301 unauthorised business entities, including restaurants, hotels, bars, clinics and educational institutions, continue running their activities in residential buildings, mostly at Dhanmondi, Gulashan, Baridhara, Banani and Uttara, in Dhaka, posing a threat to public security.
Dhaka to inquire about jt probe into border killings
Border Guard Bangladesh will put emphasis on a joint-decision made last year between BGB and Indian Border Security Force over carrying out a joint-investigation into each border killing as both forces sit for a top-level meeting today.
Rich, political elites grabbed electoral system: Rehman Sobhan
Centre for Policy Dialogue chairman Professor Rehman Sobhan on Saturday said that the rich and the political elites had now grabbed the electoral system in a way that the poor would not be able any more to contest any election.
Russian provocation: Bluster or genuine peril?
There's a Russian spy ship off the coast of Connecticut. Crammed with eavesdropping equipment, the Viktor Leonov has loitered in these waters before, but its current visit is the latest in a string of provocations.
China grants Trump a trademark he's been seeking for a decade
The Chinese government has granted President Trump and his business something they had been seeking for more than a decade: trademark protection for the use of the Trump name in the construction industry.
