Rain wrecks havock
Heavy rains for over two hours from 11.15 AM brought life to a standstill in the capital until in the night on Tuesday.
Transport fare hike in 10 days
The government on Tuesday decided to revise the fares of buses and CNG-run auto-rickshaws in 10 days amidst allegations that many such transports in the city already increased their fares in the wake of price hike of compressed natural gas.
Definitive answers are scarce in MH370 probe
Investigators may have hit a dead end in their quest to say with certainty whether a piece of airplane debris found in the Indian Ocean comes from a Malaysian passenger jet that disappeared mysteriously in 2014.
Bangkok bombing: Police hunt for man and woman after new raid
A Thai court has issued arrest warrants for two new suspects believed to be connected to the deadly explosion at Bangkok's Erawan Shrine this month.
Jeb Bush jabs Donald Trump as 'not realistic' on immigration
On Sunday, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush once again went after Donald Trump head on, taking aim at the front-runner's policy proposals for dealing with immigration.
Obama to rename tallest U.S. peak in historic Alaska visit
To hear the White House describe Alaska, the state has become the canary in the climate change coal mine, complete with raging wildfires, accelerating ice melt in the arctic, vanishing glaciers and whole villages forced to relocate away from rising seas.
Military parade to lift curtain on China's 'game-changing' missiles, fighter fleet
On Thursday, 12,000 People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops, between 100 - 200 aircraft and about 500 pieces of military equipment will participate in a military parade in the Chinese capital commemorating the 70th anniversary of the surrender of regional rival Japan to end World War II.
Suspect in Thai blast had bomb-making material, police say
A suspect in the bombing that killed 20 people and wounded many more at a shrine in Bangkok this month had bomb-making material in his room, Thai police said Sunday.
BB profit halved in FY15
The net profit of Bangladesh Bank decreased by 49.04 per cent to Tk 1,038 crore in the financial year 2014-2015 compared with that of Tk 2,037 crore in the FY 2013-2014 due to a dull situation in local and international business.
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE : Khaleda wants UN-supervised probe
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Sunday demanded international investigation under the supervision of the United Nations into the incidents of enforced disappearance in the country.
