No let-up in city traffic chaos
Successive costly but unrealistic initiatives failed to improve the capital’s chaotic traffic over the last 11 years.
US, South Korean missile destroyers in fresh show of force to North Korea
The US and South Korean navies put on a show of force in the Sea of Japan on Monday, the latest in a string of displays of military might in response to North Korea's testing of nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles.
The last armed conflict in Latin America is finally ending
A conflict that lasted over five decades. An estimated 220,000 people killed. Five million displaced.
Police find missing girl, make 3 arrests in triple California killing
Police have found a 17-year-old girl who went missing after police found three bodies at the home where she lived in Southern California.
HC orders freezing Tamapco owner’s bank account
The High Court on Monday ordered Bangladesh Bank to confiscate the bank account of factory owner of Tampaco Foils which was ravaged by a fire on Septemner 10, leading to the death of at least 38 people.
Defaulted loans fail banks to lower interest rate
Experts and economists on Sunday said the country’s banks were now unable to lower their interest rates as they (banks) have been under heavy burden of defaulted loans in recent years.
UPL holds book fair at Central Public Library
The University Press Limited is holding its annual grand sales on the premises of the Central Public Library at Shahbagh in the capital.
Enough political space in Bangladesh: Hasina
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, said that there was enough political space in Bangladesh and the opposition political parties were using it holding rallies and processions.
Fakhrul calls for immediate general election
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said they wanted an immediate general election under a neutral government, not a midterm election as it did not accept the election of January 5, 2014.
Poor food ‘risks health of half the world’
Poor diets are undermining the health of one in three of the world’s people, an independent panel of food and agriculture experts has warned.
