No tannery completes relocation in 6 years
Not a single tannery has fully shifted to Savar from Hazaribagh in six years even after repeated extension of deadlines.
NAZIM MURDER : Family refuses to file case
The family of murdered online activist Nazim Uddin Samad refused to file any case, compelling the police to file the murder case against four to five unknown men on Thursday night. Police said the family was afraid of being persecuted.
In Indiana, McConnell allies plot to stop another Cruz
Rep. Marlin Stutzman is a member of the anti-leadership House Freedom Caucus, a conservative in the mold of Ted Cruz and a three-term Indiana congressman who voted against John Boehner as speaker.
ISIS foreign fighters killed in U.S. airstrikes
Two European foreign fighters were killed on the same day in recent U.S. airstrikes, a Pentagon spokesman announced Thursday.
'Younger Games': Hong Kong's Joshua Wong launches new political party
One of Hong Kong's most famous democracy activists has announced the formation of a new political party amid heightened tensions in the city over the alleged kidnapping of several booksellers and perceived interference by Beijing in official affairs.
PM pushes for setting up SAARC food, seed banks
Urging the South Asian leaders to promise to ensure food and nutritional security across the region, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday underscored the need for speedy
4 injured in acid attack in city
Four people sustained burn injuries as some miscreants hurled acid towards them in Rupnagar Tin Shed area of the city on Thursday morning.
BANGLADESHI LINKS : ACC launches probe after Panama scam
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday launched a probe into involvement of Bangladeshi people, if any, in illegal investment in offshore companies in the secretive tax haven of the British Virgin Islands.
TONU RAPE, MURDER : 5 army men quizzed, protests continue
Several thousand people took to the streets on Thursday in the city demanding justice for the killing of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu and threatened to call a countrywide general strike.
Hundreds protest at murder of online activist
Strong protests were launched on Thursday against killings of secular writers, bloggers and publishers in the country as a Jagannath University law student and secular online activist was hacked and shot to death in the Old Dhaka on Wednesday night.
