Black Day observed at Dhaka University
The Dhaka University authorities observed Black Day on Tuesday remembering the ‘inhuman and condemnable’ attack on the university’s teachers, students and officials in August 20-23 in 2007, during the term of the military-backed caretaker government.
13 edible oil refineries fail to meet BSTI standard for fortification
Thirteen edible oil refineries out of 26, which signed memorandum of understanding with the industries ministry to fortify their brands with vitamin A, have failed to maintain the required standard of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution and obtain licences.
NEW DHAKA CENTRAL JAIL: Why this relocation if inmates still face congestion, NHRC chair asks
National Human Rights Commission chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque on Tuesday raised questions about the utility of relocating the Dhaka Central Jail from Nazimudidn Road to Keraniganj as he said the inmates still were staying in congested rooms.
People suffer amid river transport strike
People suffered immeasurably, especially those stranded with family members at different places, as inland water transport workers enforced indefinite countrywide strike from early Tuesday.
100 fall seek as DAP fertiliser factory leaks ammonia
About 100 people fell sick by inhaling ammonia leaked from a tank of the state-owned Di-Ammonium Phosphate Fertilizer Company Ltd in Chittagong on Monday night.
Turkey wedding blast: 'There was blood everywhere'
In the horrific aftermath of a blast that ripped through a wedding at Gaziantep in southern Turkey -- being blamed by officials on a child suicide bomber -- CNN's Ben Wedeman visited the distressing scene.
El Chapo's son freed a week after kidnapping, sources say
Jesus Alfredo Guzman, the 29-year-old son of jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, has been freed after he was kidnapped a week ago in Puerto Vallarta, three sources confirmed to CNN.
The new birthers: Debunking the Hillary Clinton health conspiracy
From Donald Trump and his top surrogates to the right-wing media and its engine rooms of outrage in the blogosphere, Hillary Clinton's opponents are ramping up efforts to sow doubt over the candidate's health.
Poll: Clinton has narrow advantage over Trump in Ohio
Hillary Clinton has a narrow advantage over Donald Trump in the swing state of Ohio, according to a new poll released Monday.
Life-term jail for propaganda against Mujib, liberation war proposed
The cabinet on Monday endorsed in principle the draft Digital Security Bill–2016, proposing life-term jail and Tk one core in fine as maximum punishment for spreading propaganda against the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the 1971 liberation war through electronic media or any other digital devices.
