Airlines plan big
The aviation industry is likely to see an unprecedented boom as both the public and private airlines are expected to invest around $1 billion in the sector by next year. Biman Bangladesh Airlines and...
View ArticleSyria chemical weapon data probed
The international chemical weapons watchdog has said that it is studying details submitted by Syria about its arsenal of poison gas and nerve agents. But a spokesman for the Organisation for the...
View ArticleN Korea postpones family reunions
North Korea is indefinitely postponing scheduled reunions of families separated by the Korean War, a government statement has said. The statement did not provide details other than accusing...
View ArticleAtom bomb nearly exploded over North Carolina in 1961
A US atom bomb nearly exploded in 1961 over North Carolina that would have been 260 times more powerful than the device that devastated Hiroshima, according to a declassified document published in a...
View ArticleUS says open for Iran talks based on ‘mutual respect’
The United States is ready to engage in talks “on the basis of mutual respect” with Iran about its disputed nuclear programme as long as Tehran is willing to demonstrate that its programme is for...
View Article8 RMG units vandalised in Gazipur, Savar
The authorities of over 300 garment factories shut production of their units in Kaliakoir of Gazipur for Saturday in the face of workers’ agitation demanding a one-day leave for participating at a...
View Article1 held with 15,000 yaba tablets in city
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a drug trader with 15,000 yaba tablets in the capital’s Jatrabari area Saturday morning. Acting on a tip-off, a team of the elite force arrested Abdur...
View ArticleUSTC students demo demanding teachers’ recruitment
The students of University of Science and Technology Chittagong (USTC) demonstrated Saturday demanding appointment of their vice-chancellor, heads and senior teachers of different departments. The...
View Article‘Cancel Rampal plant by Sept 23′
National Committee on Protection of Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports on Saturday reiterated its demand for cancellation of the government decision to construct Rampal power plant in...
View ArticlePakistan ‘frees Taliban co-founder’
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, co-founder of the Afghan Taliban, has been freed from jail in Pakistan, reports say. There is no official confirmation. The Afghan government had requested his release to...
View ArticleFire at Kamrangirchar slum
A fire broke out at a slum in the capital’s Kamrangirchar area Saturday. On information, fire fighters rushed to the spot and were trying to put out the blaze till 3:00pm when the report was filed. No...
View ArticleJamaat calls hartal in Meherpur for Sunday
Jamaat-e-Islami has called a half-day hartal (shutdown) in Meherpur for Sunday in protest against the killing of its activist Delwar Hossain during the party’s 48-hour hartal Wednesday. Delwar was...
View ArticleWar trial not act of revenge
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ruled out an allegation that the trial of war criminals is an act of revenge, insisting that it’s rather a natural course of law. “Sometimes you can hear the hue and...
View Article‘BNP was not invited to UN’
The Bangladesh permanent representative to the United Nations has refuted a BNP claim that the opposition party had been invited to the UN to discuss the country’s political crisis. Dr AK Abdul Momen...
View Article10 killed in Nairobi mall attack
Gunmen threw grenades and opened fire inside Nairobi’s most upscale mall, killing about 10 people and wounding dozens. Associated Press reporters said Saturday they saw about 10 dead bodies more than...
View ArticleInu asks Ershad to play role of mediator
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Saturday urged Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad to play an advocacy role among the political parties to resolve the ongoing crisis. “I hope he can take an...
View ArticleTaiwan in last-ditch bid to rescue Gambia ties
Taiwan has sent senior diplomats to Gambia in a last-ditch effort to restore diplomatic relations after they were unilaterally broken off by the West African nation, officials said yesterday. Foreign...
View ArticleSyria air force bombards town near Lebanon: monitor
Syria’s air force struck the town of Qara near the Lebanese border yesterday as loyalist forces tried to storm the town where rebels have taken up positions, a monitoring group said. “Since the...
View ArticleFrench engineer kidnapped in Nigeria in 2012 freed: Hollande
A French engineer taken hostage in Nigeria in December 2012, Francis Collomp, has been freed, President Francois Hollande said yesterday. In a statement, Hollande expressed thanks to Nigerian...
View ArticleIran parliament approves Rouhani’s last minister pick
Iran’s conservative-dominated parliament yesterday approved President Hassan Rouhani’s nominee for sports minister, filling out the cabinet after rejecting a number of earlier picks, media reported....
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