Greece election: Anti-austerity Syriza leader Tsipras vows to end 'pain'
Anti-austerity Syriza party leader Alexis Tsipras has vowed to end Greece's "five years of humiliation and pain" after his general election win.
Junior Tigers clinch series
Bangladesh Under-19 team clinched the five-match youth one-day international series against Sri Lanka Under-19 team after winning the thrilling final match by 14 runs in Colombo on Sunday.
Blockade, hartal underway without major incidents
The non-stop rail-road-waterway blockade’s 21st day coupled with a 36-hour general strike across the country enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance was passing without any major incidents on Monday.
7 suspected robbers lynched in Narsingdi
Villagers lynched seven suspected robbers while injured another one at Takshal in Sadar upazila of Narsingdi early Monday.
Shamim Eskandar flies to Malaysia to bring back Arafat Rahman’s body
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s brother Shamim Eskandar and two of her other relatives flew to Malaysia to bring back the body of Arafat Rahman, her youngest son, who died of massive heart attack on Saturday.
36-hr strike underway amid stray incidents
A 36-hour general strike enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies protesting power price hike proposal and the government’s ‘conspiracy of sabotage acts and arrest of 10,000 leaders and activists of BNP-led coalition’ began on Sunday amid stray incidents across the country.
Arafat Rahman dies
Arafat Rahman, the youngest son of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and former president Ziaur Rahman, died of a heart attack in Malaysia on Saturday.
Saudi King Abdullah dies, Salman new ruler
Saudi Arabia’s elderly King Abdullah died on Friday and was replaced by his half-brother Salman as the absolute ruler of the world’s top oil exporter and the spiritual home of Islam.
Bangladesh sign off WC camp, eye quarter-finals
Bangladesh said they hope to qualify for the quarter-finals in the upcoming World Cup as the team signed off their preparation for the tournament, scheduled in Australia and New Zealand from February 14 to March 29, on Thursday.
Primary school headmaster shot dead in Kushtia
Miscreants gunned down a primary school headmaster at Mahendrapur village in Kumarkhali of Kushtia early Saturday.
