BNP to mobilise public opinion against Rampal plant
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said they will mobilise public opinion against the installation of a coal-fired power plant at Rampal near the Sunderbans.
Khaleda, Tarique sued in Ctg for threatening PM
A court in the port city here today took into cognizance a complaint against Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman and a member of its central executive committee over the issuance of a death threat to the prime minister Sheikh Hasina on social media.
Kim Kardashian West held at gunpoint in Paris, spokesperson says
Kim Kardashian West was held at gunpoint in her Paris hotel room Sunday night, according to her spokesperson.
Colombians narrowly reject peace deal with the FARC
Colombians narrowly rejected a referendum on Sunday on a peace deal that took over four years to negotiate and would have ended five decades of war.
Militants launch attack on Indian army camp in Kashmir
Militants attacked an Indian army camp in the town of Baramulla in Indian-administered Kashmir late Sunday night, according to the Kashmir zone police chief.
ISIS sniper kills Dutch journalist in Libya
An ISIS sniper killed a Dutch journalist in Sirte, Libya, Sunday, according to a spokesman for the Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous military operation.
Hungary voters reject EU migrant-resettlement plan, but low turnout invalidates results
Hungarians voted Sunday to reject a European Union refugee resettlement plan, but failed to turn out in sufficient numbers to make the referendum legally binding.
Talks underway to get back Noor Chy: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Bangladesh’s diplomatic relations with Pakistan would continue alongside quarrel although Pakistan was making various adverse statements on the ongoing war crimes trial.
BGB-BSF meeting begins in Delhi on Monday
‘We have a set of priorities...The issue of border killing is also among them,’ said BGB director general Major General Aziz Ahmed, who is leading a 22-member Bangladesh delegation, before his departure for New Delhi.
ACC arrests CCC, PWD engineers
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday arrested Chittagong City Corporation executive engineer Md Saifur Rahman and Public Workers Department superintendent engineer ABM Jalal Uddin on charge of their alleged graft links.
