Tensions fray amid Berlusconi expulsion hearings
Tensions frayed in Italy on Tuesday as lawmakers ploughed ahead with hearings on whether Silvio Berlusconi should be expelled from parliament, amid warnings the fall-out could hurt the economy....
View ArticleUS envoy doubts complete Afghan withdrawal
A US envoy on Tuesday dismissed suggestions that Washington would withdraw all troops from Afghanistan after next year, saying that both countries wanted to preserve a smaller force. Aides to US...
View ArticleMugabe appoints new cabinet
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe appointed a new cabinet Tuesday, retaining long-time allies and naming hardliner Emmerson Mnangagwa as justice minister. Mnangagwa a key member of Mugabe’s ZANU-PF...
View ArticleAnts use house guests as ‘mercenaries’
Unwelcome lodgers can prove a social burden in many situations that make use of resources before moving on. But fungus-farming ants use their house guests as a useful standing army to protect their...
View ArticleInu escapes attack in London
Two youths attempted to attack Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu in London on Monday night. The minister escaped unhurt and was safe and sound now, said an information ministry press release. The...
View ArticlePM decides to attend UNGA
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to be held later this month in New York, although there have been reports that she would not...
View ArticleFour accused found guilty
An Indian court yesterday convicted four men of the gang rape and “cold-blooded” murder of a student on a New Delhi bus in a crime that sickened the nation and led to new laws to tackle endemic sex...
View ArticleUN study reveals rape crisis in Asia-Pacific
Nearly a quarter of men surveyed in six Asia-Pacific countries admit to committing rape, often against their own partners, according to a UN report published yesterday that exposes widespread violence...
View Article12 injured as BCL, JCD men clash
At least 12 people were injured in a clash between Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) at Madan Mohan College in Sylhet city yesterday. Campus sources said JCD activists...
View ArticleRMG makers’ no to big hike
Garment owners in the Chittagong region did not agree to a big wage hike for garment workers because of the financial “constraints” of small and medium factory owners. Factory owners in the region...
View ArticleGovt to build 156 flood shelters
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) yesterday approved a project for the construction of 156 flood shelters at a cost of Tk 175 crore. The approval came at its meeting held...
View ArticleRony gets HC bail in 3 cases
The High Court yesterday granted bail to Awami League lawmaker Golam Maula Rony in three cases filed on charges of beating up journalists in Dhaka, and extortion and vandalism in Patuakhali. There is...
View ArticleBGB-BSF meet begins Sept 14
Border Guard Bangladesh will raise the issues of arms and phensedyl smuggling into the country and unauthorised construction by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) within 150 yards of the...
View ArticleHasina blames it on ‘propaganda’
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday blamed the opposition parties’ “false propaganda” for the defeat of the Awami League-backed candidates in all city corporation elections. She came up with the...
View ArticleNo polls under Hasina-led govt: Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has reiterated that no election will be allowed in the country under a government led by Sheikh Hasina. “We want to state clearly that holding of a lopsided election will...
View ArticleNizami was seen in Pak army pickup
A prosecution witness yesterday told a war crimes court that he saw Jamaat Chief Motiur Rahman Nizami with Pakistani soldiers on a pickup carrying the headmaster of a Pabna school and two others...
View ArticleDhaka seeks clarification from Delhi
Dhaka has sought clarification from New Delhi regarding India’s plan to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), popularly known as drones, along its border with Bangladesh. “From our own communications...
View ArticleJS body for passage of bill in next session
A parliamentary body yesterday decided to recommend passage of a bill setting criteria for appointment as Supreme Court judges in efforts to stop politicisation of the process. The parliamentary...
View ArticlePadma bridge tender draws little interest
The construction of Padma bridge will face further delay as the communications ministry last week extended time for submitting bids for the main bridge component by almost two months. The last date for...
View ArticleAL stays rigid
The ruling Awami League remains rigid in its stance that the next parliamentary elections must be held in line with current constitutional guidelines, without paying much heed to the international...
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