JOF leaves meeting with CEC after heated debate
A delegation of Jatiya Oikya Front led by its top leader Kamal Hossain on Tuesday walked out of a meeting with the chief election commissioner following a heated argument over the role of police.
Trump rants while 'all alone' in White House on Christmas Eve
It's Christmas in America: The President is home alone in the White House, ranting at his foes inside and outside; an administration lurching deeper into crisis; stock markets are in free fall and the government is paralyzed by a partial shutdown.
Judge orders North Korea to pay Warmbier family $500 million for wrongful death
A federal judge in Washington awarded the parents of Otto Warmbier more than half a billion dollars in a wrongful death suit against the North Korean government, which detained and allegedly tortured the college student over 17 months before returning him to the US last year, where he died days later.
2 killed as polls violence accelerates
Two people were killed in Khagrachari as electoral violence and attacks on opposition candidates accelerated on Monday, five days before the December 30 general election despite deployment of military troops across the country.
Khaleda’ appeals against rejection of her writ petitions challenging cancellation of nomination papers not in cause list
Former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday appealed in the Appellate Division against rejection of her writ petitions challenging cancellation of her nomination papers for three Parliament seats.
Fears for more tsunamis after hundreds killed in Indonesia
More deadly tsunamis could strike the Indonesian coastline in the coming days, authorities warn, as the volcano which triggered the weekend's devastating wave continues to erupt.
Japan suffers biggest natural population decline ever in 2018
Japan suffered its biggest natural population decline ever this year, government statistics show.
Army, navy deployed in 407 upazilas
The Election Commission has deployed army and navy in 407 of the 491 upazilas ‘in aid to the civil power’ for 10 days for the December 30 general election.
Attacks, arrests of oppositions on
Attack, intimidation and arrests of activists of main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, its allies and Left Democratic Alliance continued on Sunday, only six days ahead of the December 30 general election.
Tsunami in Indonesia kills at least 168 without warning
At least 168 people have been killed and another 745 injured after a tsunami hit the coastline of west Java and Sumatra, Indonesia on Saturday.
