West holds back on Syria strike
UN chief Ban Ki-moon yesterday said his investigating team would report back this week on suspected chemical weapons attacks in Syria as the US and its allies held back from immediate military action....
View ArticlePolls-time govt with MPs of dissolved JS
The government is toying with the idea of forming an election-time cabinet with MPs drawn from the current parliament after dissolving it. The idea comes from a never-used provision of the...
View ArticleWisdom dawns on EC, at last
In the face of widespread criticism, the Election Commission has finally backtracked on its move to scrap its sweeping authority to cancel one’s candidacy in the parliamentary polls for serious...
View ArticleLife on earth began on red planet?
Evidence is mounting that life on Earth may have started on Mars. A leading scientist has claimed that one particular element believed to be crucial to the origin of life would only have been available...
View ArticleTropical storm kills three in Taiwan
At least three people were killed when torrential rain brought by Tropical Storm Kong-Rey caused widespread flooding in the south of Taiwan, the government said yesterday. A 20-year-old man riding a...
View ArticleFirefighters tame wild blaze in Spain
Firefighters tamed a major wildfire in northern Spain and continued battling smaller ones there and in neighbouring Portugal where blazes have claimed five lives, officials said yesterday. Emergency...
View ArticleObama-Putin bilateral at G20 ‘not planned’: Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin is currently not planning to have bilateral talks with US President Barack Obama at the G20 summit although there is a chance of an informal encounter, the Kremlin said...
View ArticleChina’s ‘smiling face’ official on trial for graft: media
A Chinese official with a penchant for luxury watches who sparked outrage after he was pictured smiling at the scene of a fatal accident was tried for corruption yesterday, a court said. Yang Dacai was...
View ArticleUS close on extending military role in Philippines: Hagel
The United States and the Philippines are moving towards an agreement that will expand the American military’s presence in the Philippines, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Friday during a visit to...
View ArticleRussia to deploy ‘star wars’ missile system in 2017: report
Russia’s defence ministry plans to deploy in 2017 a sophisticated new air missile defence system that can hit targets in space, a senior ministry source told Russian news agencies yesterday. “The...
View ArticleJapan eyes defence budget increase
Japan’s defence ministry is looking for its biggest budget hike in two decades, partly to create a Marines-like force, it revealed yesterday, as neighbours fret about Tokyo’s rising assertiveness....
View Article‘Robber’ killed in ‘gunfight’
An alleged robber was killed and seven people, including five police personnel, were injured in a “gunfight” with police in Kalam Char area in Hatiya upazila here early yesterday. The dead is Yunus,...
View Article73 Jamaat-Shibir men held
Police arrested 73 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and pro-Jamaat student body Islami Chhatra Shibir from Comilla city last night. Mahiuddin Mahmud, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kotwali Police...
View ArticleWal-Mart ready to lend $50m
Wal-Mart Stores Inc told investors on Thursday that it could provide up to $50 million in low-interest loans or other types of payments to Bangladesh factory owners for building improvements. The money...
View ArticleSeven hurt as Jamaat men attack cops
Seven policemen were injured in an attack by Jamaat-Shibir men at Sandra in Shalikha upazila of Magura on Thursday night. Acting on a tip-off, a police team led by Sub-inspector Iqbal Hossain raided...
View ArticleIvy accuses Shamim Osman, his nephew
City Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy yesterday demanded death sentence for former Awami League lawmaker Shamim Osman and his nephew Azmeri Osman in the Toki murder case. She was speaking at a Noubondhon (boat...
View ArticleLittle headway in Milky murder investigation
A month has passed since Jubo League leader Milky’s murder, which was captured on a closed-circuit camera placed at a shopping mall in the capital’s Gulshan. Law enforcers were yet to arrest the four...
View ArticleMajor gold haul
Customs officials seized 155 gold bars, weighing around 18 kilograms, from the capital’s Shahjalal International Airport yesterday morning. According to the officials, the gold bars worth about Tk 6...
View ArticleWB may divert fund
The World Bank (WB) may divert fund for a forest department project on wildlife conservation as about 90 percent of the $36 million loan remains idle even though half the four-year project period has...
View ArticleWork on action plan goes slow
Bangladesh’s work towards getting the suspension of GSP benefits in the US market lifted in December has been rather slow, raising questions whether it could at all be done in the next four months. The...
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