JATRABARI BUS ARSON, Police press charges against Khaleda, 37 others.
Charges were pressed against the Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, and 37 opposition leaders and activists on Wednesday in one of the two cases filed for Jatrabari arson attack that killed one and burned 27 others.
India nears land swap deal with Bangladesh.
Rajya Sabha, upper house of Indian parliament, on Wednesday passed unanimously the much-awaited constitution amendment bill on the land boundary agreement with Bangladesh
3 city mayors-elect sworn-in.
The newly elected mayors and councillors of three city corporations in bifurcated Dhaka and Chittagong took oath of office on Wednesday morning.
European buyers for evacuation of 2 quake-hit RMG factories.
The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, the platform of European retailers, on Tuesday recommended that two earthquake-hit garment factories should be evacuated immediately as the Accord engineers found the buildings unsafe during the latest safety assessment.
Indian cabinet clears LBA bill.
The Indian cabinet on Tuesday approved a constitution amendment bill to make operational the much-awaited Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh, including territories in Assam along with those in West Bengal,
MASS GRAVES IN THAI JUNGLES, Second death camp discovered.
Thai investigators have discovered five graves in a second jungle camp in southern Thailand, believed to contain the remains of migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar, according to media reports.
ECNEC endorses Khan Jahan Ali Airport project with Tk 545 cr
The executive committee of the National Economic Council on Tuesday approved the construction of Khan Jahan Ali Airport project with an outlay of around Tk 545 crore, aiming to expand trade and commerce as well as tourism in greater Khulna region.
Fakhrul at BSMMU for regular health check up
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday was taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University from Kashimpur Jail for regular health check up.
PM may not be aware of Rampal project details: Anu
Experts and activists on Monday censured the prime minister’s statement on the Rampal project and other coal-fired power projects near Sundarbans, which, they warned, would destroy the mangrove forest.
Poverty lures them into death traps, Thai police arrest four suspected traffickers
A trans-national racket of human traffickers are luring an increasing number of fortune-seekers from Bangladesh into their trap and taking them to Thailand by boat for ultimate destinations in Malaysia and beyond dodging border guards.
