Khaleda off to London
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia left Dhaka for London on Tuesday night for her eye treatment and celebrating Eid-ul-Azha there with her family members. She flew to London by an Emirates Airlines flight around 9:50pm, said her press secretary Maruf Kamal Khan Sohel.
Receding floodwater leaves many under open sky
Floodwater has receded further in the north and central parts of the country, leaving affected people to suffer for lack of funds with which to mend their damaged homesteads.
Cancer, heart, kidney patients increase sharply
The incidence of cancer, heart diseases and kidney ailments increased sharply among all sections of people in recent years but many of them find the high costs of treatment simply unaffordable.
Govt eyes 40 lakh income taxpayers by FY20, says Muhith
Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Tuesday said that the government had set a target to increase the number of registered income taxpayers to 40 lakh or 2 per cent of country’s total population by the financial year 2019-2020 in a bid to boost income tax collection.
Pilot spots large object off Reunion, aviation authorities say
Nearly two months after debris from the vanished Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 washed up on Reunion Island, a large object reportedly floating off the island has piqued the interest of French officials there.
Egyptian security forces kill tourists after mistaking them for terrorists
Egyptian security forces killed 12 people and injured 10 more after firing upon a tourist group they had mistaken for militants, the country's Interior Ministry said.
Delta State U. shooting: Police seek suspect after history professor killed
Ethan Schmidt and Shannon Lamb taught together at Delta State University.A photo on the school's website shows them standing side by side, smiling at a 2013 holiday party. That same year, Schmidt thanked Lamb in the acknowledgmen
Malcolm Turnbull: 5 things to know about Australia's new PM
The man who ousted Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is a former Rhodes Scholar and barrister who once defended a former MI5 spy against the British Government in the "Spycatcher" trial.
European officials hold emergency session on escalating refugee crisis
It's not just migrants fleeing war and chaos in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere who want to put the world's growing refugee crisis behind them. European nations bearing the brunt of the influx are desperate for it to end as well.
Al Qaeda leader to ISIS: You're wrong, but we can work together
After a prolonged spell of silence, al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has come alive with a series of audio messages. And they're raising a few eyebrows because -- in two separate messages -- al-Zawahiri has extended an olive branch to ISIS, even while describing ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's "caliphate" as illegitimate.
