Maryland county official: 'Never seen such devastation'
The flood that devastated downtown Ellicott City, Maryland, killing two people and destroying or damaging at least 25 buildings, was the worst in memory of a 57-year-old county executive.
Met police head expects terror attack in UK
Britain's Metropolitan police commissioner warns the risk of a terror attack in the United Kingdom is a case of "when, not if."
Hotel bombing is latest to shatter Kabul
The Taliban took credit for an explosion that targeted a Kabul, Afghanistan, hotel early Monday morning, the latest of a series of bombing attacks seeking to further destabilize the war-torn nation.
Stop tree, hill cutting, filling water bodies: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday called upon all concerned to stop the indiscriminate felling of trees, filling water bodies and cutting hills to protect the country’s biodiversity and environment.
Farmers to avail fresh loans up to Tk 2.50 lakh without CIB report
Farmers will not now require submitting credit information bureau report and inquiry to get fresh farm loans up to Tk 2.50 lakh, Bangladesh Bank said on Sunday.
Battered roads dog Ctg dwellers
Spells of rain and intrusion of tidal water since June this year have left almost all the Chittagong city roads in a bad shape, causing immense sufferings to the city dwellers.
Rangpur sugar mill farmland: Over 1,000 Santal families left in trap
More than 1,000 Santal families are left in a trap as local ruling Awami League activists, who have reportedly brought them from different districts promising them ‘restoration of their ownership’ on the lands of Shahebganj-Bagda farm of Rangpur Sugar Mills in Gaibandha, have withdrawn support for them.
Floods engulf central, southern districts
Severe flooding engulfed new areas inundating the central and southern districts rendering thousands of people marooned.
'One ISIS attack every 84 hours' spurs dread and anger in Europe
In the past week I have seen flowers and candles carpeting a street in Munich, the tranquility of a small Bavarian town shattered by a suicide bomb and a small church in suburban France sealed off after its octogenarian priest had his throat cut.
Trump to Khizr Khan: 'I've made a lot of sacrifices'
Donald Trump rejected a Muslim lawyer's assertion on the Democratic convention stage that the Republican nominee has "sacrificed nothing and no one."
