SHIA MOSQUE ATTACK : No headway in probe
There is almost no headway in probe in one month after the gun-attack at a Shia mosque in Bogra that killed one and injured three on November 26.
TIGHTENED SECURITY AT HSIA : RMG sector hit by delay in delivery of imported goods
Readymade garment exporters on Saturday alleged that the delay in making delivery of raw materials imported through air cargoes was disrupting the supply chain of the export-oriented sector.
Rickshaws in limbo in city streets
Sixteen years since the authorities stopped issuing licences to rickshaws, there are about 10 lakh unregistered rickshaws on the streets and a third about all trips are still covered by rickshaws. In the absence of government authorisation, many rickshaws now receive patronage from unions.
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS : Attacks, cases browbeat opposition
With only three days left for the election to 234 municipalities, ruling Awami League men seem to be on a spree of filing cases against their rival candidates since Wednesday night in a bid to scare them off electioneering while attacks on rivals continued unabated.
CJ demands twice as many subordinate judges
Chief Justice SK Sinha on Saturday requested the government to raise the number of subordinate court judges by at least two times.
Newly released documents reveal U.S. Cold War nuclear target list
U.S. plans for nuclear war in 1959 included the "systematic destruction" of major urban centers like East Berlin, Moscow and Beijing -- with the populations of those cities among the primary military targets.
UK Muslims with Disneyland plans: We were barred from plane due to religion
A Muslim man in London says his family was barred because of their religion from boarding a plane bound for Los Angeles, where they planned to visit Disneyland with their children.
Iraqi forces closing in on ISIS in Ramadi, military official says
Iraq's military is just about a mile away from the ISIS-held government compound in Ramadi in Iraq's battle to retake the city from the terrorist group, a spokesman for the Joint Iraqi Operations Command said.
Trump dominates GOP field heading into 2016
Donald Trump seems set to end 2015 as the dominant force in the race for next year's Republican nomination for president, with Texas Sen. Ted Cruz now a clear -- yet distant -- second after a strong debate performance, a new CNN/ORC poll released on Wednesday has found.
Six killed as storms pound South, Midwest
On a day when millions of Americans were traveling to see their families and friends for Christmas, wicked storms raced through the South and Midwest, killing at least six people and injuring scores more.
