Summit contract cancelled
The government has decided to end the deadlock over the Bibiyana phase one power project by terminating the contract with Summit Power and encashing its $3 million bid bond. The power ministry on...
View Article7 parties behind Hefajat mayhem
Police yesterday claimed to have proof that seven political parties, including Jamaat-e-Islami, had backed Hefajat-e Islam, which struck terror in the capital’s Motijheel area on May 5. Jamaat and...
View ArticleRejected, he killed her
For Saoda, the story is this: She was loved and killed by the same man. The 18-year-old succumbed to the mortal injuries she suffered in an attack by her former lover yesterday. But that was just...
View ArticleQuasem indicted
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday indicted Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali on 14 charges, including murder, torture, abduction and confinement of people and complicity in crimes...
View ArticleSuspected US drone strike kills 7 in Pakistan
A suspected US drone aircraft killed at least seven militants in Pakistan’s ethnic Pashtun tribal region on the Afghan border on Friday, Pakistani security officials and residents said. US drones have...
View Article4 bodies arrive
The bodies of four Bangladeshi nationals, who were killed in a factory fire at Sharjah on June 4, arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka from United Arab Emirates (UAE) Friday...
View ArticleUS, UK ‘crack online encryption’
US and UK intelligence have reportedly cracked technology used to encrypt internet services such as online banking, medical records and email. Disclosures by leaker Edward Snowden allege the US...
View ArticleChina, Japan leaders meet at G20
The Chinese and Japanese leaders have shaken hands and spoken to each other in an unexpected meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit. China’s Xi Jinping and Japan’s Shinzo Abe have not met since...
View ArticleNepal plans to name Himalayan peaks after Hillary, Tenzing
Nepal plans to name two Himalayan peaks after pioneering Mount Everest climbers Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, a senior hiking official said, in a move designed to boost tourism in the...
View ArticleLeaders uncertain over who launched Syria attack
World leaders are venting over Syria’s civil war but look no closer to agreeing on international military intervention to stop it. A French official says leaders at a summit of the Group of 20 leading...
View ArticleBangkok plane skids off runway; hurt 14
A Thai Airways plane skidded off the runway in Bangkok after the landing gear malfunctioned, slightly injuring more than a dozen passengers as they evacuated the jet, the airline said yesterday. The...
View ArticleIAEA head reaches out to new Iran govt
The head of the UN atomic agency reached out yesterday to Iran’s new government but said Tehran must urgently do more to remove suspicions it wants nuclear weapons. The International Atomic Energy...
View ArticleBoko Haram, vigilantes clash kill 18
Clashes between Islamist sect Boko Haram and government-backed civilian vigilantes killed 18 people in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, survivors said yesterday, as President Goodluck Jonathan...
View ArticleRussian diplomat shot dead in Georgian region
A senior Russian diplomat in Georgia’s Moscow-backed breakaway Abkhazia region was shot dead yesterday by an unidentified gunman, Russian news agencies reported. The first secretary of the Russian...
View ArticleChina warns against online rumours
China unveiled yesterday tough measures to stop the spread of what the government calls irresponsible rumours, threatening three years in jail if untrue posts online are widely reposted, drawing an...
View ArticleJapan Olympic win boosts Abe but Fukushima shadows linger
Japan savoured its victory on Monday in the race to host the 2020 Olympic Games, anticipating an economic boost to spur its revival from two decades of stagnation and help it recover from the...
View ArticleNorway’s opposition set for sweeping polls victory
Norway’s centre-right opposition, pledging privatisation, tax cuts and smaller government, was set for a sweeping election win yesterday but faces difficult coalition talks since a populist...
View ArticleLobsters hold the key to eternal life!
Lobsters contain a chemical that makes them ‘biologically immortal’ and may hold the secret to eternal life, scientists believe. Although they are still susceptible to death by disease or attacks,...
View ArticleAssad warns US over strike
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned Washington yesterday to brace for retaliation if US forces attacked his war-torn country, as he denied using chemical weapons against his people, reported AFP....
View ArticleHajj flight trouble over
The backlog of hajj pilgrims created due to flight schedule disruption over the last two days had cleared early today as a leased aircraft yesterday joined the hajj fleet, claimed Biman officials. The...
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