New York bombing: Investigators search for suspects, motive
A day after a bombing injured 29 people in a New York City neighborhood, surveillance videos show the same man near the site of the explosion and another location where a pressure-cooker device was found four blocks away, multiple local and federal law enforcement sources told CNN.
Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte wants 6 months to tackle drug problem
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte wants six more months to "put everything in order" regarding his country's drug problems.
Vladimir Putin's party winning in Russian parliamentary elections
Russian President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party is winning Sunday's parliamentary elections, despite the presence of hundreds of opposition candidates on the ballot.
Syria ceasefire under threat after US-led strikes kill regime troops, Russia says
One day after coalition airstrikes bombed Syrian government troops, warplanes made multiple attacks against rebel strongholds in eastern Aleppo on Sunday.
Soldiers killed in army base attack in Indian-administered Kashmir
India's Home Affairs Minister is calling Pakistan a terrorist state, but stops short in blaming the country for the deaths of 17 soldiers who were killed when militants attacked an army camp in Indian-administered Kashmir early Sunday morning.
FREEDOM FIGHTER MURDER: AL MP lands in jail
Ruling Awami League lawmaker from Tangail-3 parliamentary constituency Amanur Rahman Khan Rana landed in jail on Sunday after he surrendered to a Tangail court in the case of the murder of freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed in 2013.
AL MP’s son arrested on extortion charge
Police on Sunday arrested the son of a ruling Awami League lawmaker in Satkhira in two extortion cases.
NBR may raise upper limit of turnover for VAT imposition
The National Board of Revenue may increase the upper limit of turnover from the existing Tk 80 lakh for imposing turnover VAT on businesses in a bid to implement smoothly the new Value-Added Tax and Supplementary Duty Act-2012 from the next fiscal year.
RAWHIDE OF SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS: Merchants bought rawhide at 30pc lower than usual price: meat traders
Rawhide traders bought skins of sacrificial animals during this Eid-ul-Azha at prices which were more than 30 per cent lower than that in any other time of the year, depriving the poor and unprivileged, the recipients of the money, of higher financial assistance.
Number of jatra troupes drops sharply
The number of jatra troupes in the country declined to 50 from 2,000 in last 30 years. Jatra artistes attributed the sharp decline to non-cooperation from the government and the law enforcement agencies.
