Lawmakers seek to stall $1B arms sale to Saudis
More than 60 lawmakers in the House are fighting to delay the Obama administration's planned sale of $1.15 billion in arms and military equipment to Saudi Arabia, citing the growing number of civilian casualties in Yemen caused by the Saudi-led military coalition.
AL likely to extend committees
The Awami League is likely to increase its central committee and others committees by 10 per cent at its central council session scheduled for October in the capital.
Shafik Rehman freed on bail, hospitalised
Senior journalist Shafik Rehman was admitted to BIRDEM Hospital in the capital after his release on bail from Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur on Tuesday.
NSCs net in Tk 3,498cr more in July
People continued to invest heavily in national savings certificates and bonds in the first month of the new fiscal year with net investment rising by 77.01 per cent in July compared with the figures of the same month of the last fiscal year because of low bank rates.
Erosion takes serious turn at Daulatdia
The Padma River, which has been receding for the last few days due to a drop in water level in the Ganges, is now causing severe erosion on the bank of the river, washing away houses and infrastructure.
City cattle markets hardly go by rule
Leaseholders have already started breaching terms and conditions set by the city corporations, with at least two more days left for the makeshift cattle markets to begin in the capital officially.
Philippines leader curses Obama; White House cancels meeting
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte tore into President Obama with an obscenity on Monday, and later the White House canceled a scheduled meeting with Duterte.
'My friends were afraid of me': What 80 million unexploded US bombs did to Laos
For two years after the accident, Yei Yang refused to leave his home. "I couldn't farm, I couldn't go to see friends, as they might be afraid of me," Yang tells CNN. "I didn't want to live."
Hillary Clinton: Timing of Russian hack is aimed at helping Trump
Hillary Clinton on Monday drew a line between Donald Trump and suspected Russian hacking into the Democratic National Committee when she spoke with reporters during her first day on a shared campaign plane.
Are Hong Kong's best days behind it?
The Hong Kong elections for the city's Legislative Council held Sunday -- the parliament for Hong Kong's Special Administrative Region -- were always going to be significant: they are the first to have been held since the anti-Beijing Occupy Central protests that attracted international attention in 2014.
