Soya bean oil price should be Tk 67, not Tk 82: BTC
Bangladesh Tariff Commission (BTC) in its latest analysis has observed that the retail price of unpacked soya bean oil should be Tk 67.10 a litre and that of bottled soya bean oil Tk 82 a litre.
SC begins SQ Chy war crimes appeal hearing
The Appellate Division on Tuesday began hearing of death row inmate Salauddin Quader Chowdhury’s appeal in his war crimes case.
4 nations sign deal to open road links
Transport ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal on Monday at a meeting in Thimphu signed the Motor Vehicles Agreement allowing cross-border movement of passengers and goods among the four South Asian countries by road.
SC upholds Mojaheed’s death sentence
The Appellate Division of Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence awarded to Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed for killing intellectuals in 1971, during the Liberation War.
Ordeal of sea migrants and their families left behind
Twenty-one-year-old Mongkhain Chakma would like to be amongst the families living in and around the border town of Teknaf, who could still hope that their relatives might have survived the perilous journey to Malaysia in search of a well-paid job.
Queen Elizabeth celebrates official birthday with military parade
Queen Elizabeth II marked her official birthday Saturday with a spectacular military parade and awards for actors, sportsmen and sportswomen, business leaders and community workers.
‘BNP in alliance with Jamaat for vote’
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday said that the party was guided by the ideals and philosophy of its founder late president Ziaur Rahman and it was in alliance with the Jamaat-e-Islami for vote.
CIA declassifies inspector general's report on 9/11 shortcomings
Ten years after the CIA's Office of the Inspector General completed its investigation into intelligence failures prior to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the agency on Friday
Clinton strikes populist tone to make case for 2016 campaign
Hillary Clinton used the first major rally of her second run for the White House Saturday to make a populist case for her presidential campaign, declaring that the goal of her presidency would be to tip the nation's economic scales back toward the middle class's favor.
Dallas police HQ shooting: Suspect James Boulware killed during standoff
A man unleashed a barrage of gunfire on Dallas' police headquarters and planted explosives outside the building early Saturday -- narrowly failing to wound anyone -- leading to a chase to a suburb that ended with SWAT officers killing him in his parked van at a restaurant parking lot.
