Iranian commander mocks Saudi offer to intervene in Syria
Saudi Arabia's fresh public willingness to send ground troops into Syria is drawing ridicule from the kingdom's chief regional rival.
Work out master plan for each upazila
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked engineers to work out a standard master plan for each upazila so that local people could avail themselves of all public services from one point. The prime minister came up with the instruction while inaugurating the four-day 56th convention of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh.
Malaysia to legalise illegal workers from Feb 15
The government of Malaysia is starting a legalisation programme from February 15 onwards for their illegal foreign workers to get legalised with their employers completing an online rehiring by filling up documentations.
Oil, gas nat’l committee to hold march against Rampal power plant
National committee to protect oil, gas, mineral resources, power and ports will hold a five-day Dhaka-Sunderbans long march in March 10-15 demanding scrapping of the plan to set up a coal-based thermal power plant at Rampal in Bagerhat.
GP fast running out of 017 number series
Leading mobile phone company Grameenphone is running out of new connections under its 017 number series and thus applied to the telecom regulator for a new number series alongside its existing prefix.
Police foil bid to besiege Khaleda’s house
The police foiled an attempt to lay siege to Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s house at Gulshan in the city by Muktijoddha Sangsad Santan Command, a platform of children of freedom fighters.
Four dead after magnitude-6.4 earthquake shocks Taiwan
At least four people were killed Saturday morning when a magnitude-6.4 earthquake hit Taiwan, the Taiwanese Disaster Response Center said.
Trump's unwelcome support: White supremacists
New Hampshire voters may be stunned to hear the latest robocall asking for their vote; it's from white nationalists with a simple, disturbing message.
40,000 fleeing Aleppo as battle for Syrian city intensifies, U.N. group says
The battle for Aleppo -- once Syria's commercial heart -- is intensifying, and video has surfaced appearing to show thousands of civilians streaming out of the devastated city.
Twitter goes to war against ISIS
Twitter has significantly ramped up its anti-ISIS efforts by shutting down thousands of terrorists' accounts and adding staff to monitor terrorist activity on its network.
