Make taxpayers’ money meaningful, PM asks researchers.
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Thursday asked the researchers and students to work hard maintaining accountability so that the research grants and fellowships they are receiving from taxpayers’ money could help achieve the desired goals.
US drone kills al-Shabab leader in Somalia - Pentagon
The US defence department has confirmed that it has killed an al-Shabab leader, Adan Garar.
Tunis museum attack: President vows to fight terror
Tunisia's president has vowed to fight terrorism "without mercy", following a gun attack on the Bardo Museum in the capital Tunis that killed 19 people.
India opt to bat first against Tigers.
India won the toss and elected to bat first in their World Cup quarter-final match against Bangladesh in Melbourne on Thursday. Mashrafee bin Murtaza returned as Bangladesh captain............
BNP, allies still undecided.
Major opposition political parties, including the Bangldesh Nationalist Party, have yet to decide whether to contest the upcoming elections to three city corporations or not.
3 city polls on April 28.
Elections to the two Dhaka city corporations and Chittagong city corporation will be held on April 28 amid political stalemate, according to fresh schedules announced on Wednesday.
CITY POLLS CAMPAIGN Posters, billboards flood capital.
Huge colourful billboards and posters put up at vantage points of the capital weeks back proclaim pledges of mayoral aspirants to develop the two cities in Dhaka. The aspirants began the campaigns long before the election schedules were announced Wednesday.
Syria claims shooting down of US drone over Latakia
The Syrian military says it has shot down a US drone near the city of Latakia, a stronghold of President Bashar al-Assad in north-west Syria.
Wife worried, says law enforcers not cooperating
The worried wife of Bangladesh Nationalist Party joint secretary general Salah Uddin Ahmed on Tuesday alleged that the law enforcement agencies were not cooperating with her to find out her husband who disappeared on March 10. ‘I am spending every moment hoping that he will be returned,’ said Hasina Ahmed.
Israel election: Netanyahu's Likud 'set for win'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party has won a surprise victory in Israel's election, Israeli media report.
