Queen's Speech renews doubt over Trump's state visit
What -- or in this case, who -- was conspicuously absent from the Queen's Speech to Parliament? US President Donald Trump.
LANDSLIDES IN HILLS Uncertainty stalks affected people
Huddled at different shelters in Rangamati, with inadequate food, water, medicine and other amenities, landslide-affected people find it hard to imagine what the coming days would be like for them, with their homesteads buried deep into mud.
RANGAMATI LANDSLIDES Ctg-Rangamati road reopens for light vehicles
Movement of light vehicles resumed on Chittagong-Rangamati road on Wednesday afternoon, eight days after it was made off-limits to traffic due to massive landslides in Rangamati. Road transport and highways division secretary MAN Siddique reopened the road around 2:30pm at Shalbagan, some 10 kilometres off the district town.
Tofail hints at change to proposed uniform 15pc VAT
Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed on Wednesday hinted at change to the proposed uniform 15 per cent value added tax on all goods and services.
Hasina believes country’s economy size would be $2.5tn by 2041
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina believes that total size of the country’s economy would be US$ 2.5 trillion and per capita income around US$ 12,000 by 2041, when Bangladesh would celebrate its 75th founding anniversary.
Next election under Hasina govt: ruling alliance leaders
Ruling alliance stalwarts on Wednesday told parliament that next general election would be held keeping Sheikh Hasina government in office.
Sean Spicer might be leaving White House podium
The White House is mulling a new role for White House press secretary Sean Spicer that would take him away from the podium and into a different role inside the West Wing, a White House official said Monday.
Finsbury Park's Muslims feared reprisals, but not here
A series of deadly terror attacks in Britain in recent weeks had left Muslims in north London fearing reprisals, but they never thought that violence would happen on their doorstep.
Russia condemns US downing of Syrian warplane
A day after a US Navy fighter jet shot down a Syrian warplane, Russia says it has stopped using a key communication channel set up to avoid conflict between US and Russian forces in Syria.
Online media policy gets cabinet nod
The cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the National Online Mass Media Policy 2017 to monitor and regulate online mass media, making registration with proposed National
