LBA passage great political achievement: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday said it was the great political achievement of her government in diplomatic arena as the Indian parliament has cleared a bill to ratify the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh
Modi govt wants good ties with Bangladesh people: Khaleda.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday said the passage of the Land Boundary Agreement bill in Indian Lok Sabha was a result of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s wish to build up good relations with Bangladeshi people.
75 heritage sites to be affected by proposed metro rail route.
The government would take the decision with regard to the heritage sites, historic monuments and cultural establishments on the metro rail route after getting the report from a team of consultants.
Thai police discover 117 more from jungle in trafficking crackdown.
Thai authorities on Saturday questioned more than 100 migrants, discovered on Friday from the country’s south, to determine whether they were victims of human trafficking, according to agencies.
UK election shock: David Cameron defies polls with clear victory.
Pundits had predicted the UK election would be a close one and suggested there would be days of post-vote, backroom talk to thrash out a power-sharing deal.Instead,
Pakistani chopper crashes into school; 2 ambassadors killed.
Two ambassadors and the wives of two other ambassadors were among seven people killed when a helicopter crashed Friday into a school in northern Pakistan. Others -- Pakistanis and foreigners alike -- were injured.One big question..
Report: North Korea tests ballistic missile.
North Korea has carried out a successful underwater test of a ballistic missile, the North Korean state news agency reported.
How one can support BNP, wonders PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday wondered how a section of people could support BNP and vote for them although Khaleda Zia and BNP-Jamaat burned people to death in the name of hartal and blockade.
Three human traffickers killed: police
Three suspected human traffickers were shot dead by police during an anti-trafficking operation on Teknaf beach in Cox’s Bazar early Friday after dozens of remains were found in mass graves for illegal migrants in Thailand.
100 more migrants found in Thai south.
More than 100 suspected Rohingya migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh have been found in Thailand’s southern Songkhla province, police said on Friday.Police said the 111 migrants had been left alone in the jungle after suspected human traffickers who had brought them into the country fled.
