Turkey pointed the finger of blame at Islamic State jihadists yesterday after suicide bombers armed with automatic rifles attacked Istanbul's main international airport, killing 41 people, including foreigners.

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He could study only up to class-III as his parents were very hard up.

The atmosphere of the passport office in the capital's Agargaon was refreshingly different on the day of April 24, when Prime

Passport sector has been found to be the most corrupt one, followed by the law enforcement agencies and education in the TIB National Household Survey 2015. While 77.7 percent households fell victim to corruption while securing services from passport offices, 74.6 percent bribed law enforcement agencies and 60.8 percent bribed educational institutions.

SP Babul Akter signed his resignation letter when he was kept in police custody for 15 hours, said police and his family sources.

Accusing the BNP-Jamaat alliance of carrying out the recent secret killings, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government must take actions against those responsible for the murders, no matter who they are.

Gun and bomb attacks on main Istanbul airport kill 36 people and injure 140 more. Three gunmen blew themselves up after cops fired at them.

It has not yet come up that SP Babul Akter was responsible for or involved in the killing of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said yesterday.

Impatient European leaders yesterday pressed a humiliated Prime Minister David Cameron to speed up Britain's divorce from the EU, warning that the UK cannot expect special treatment outside the bloc.

Bangladesh has substantially bridged the rich-poor gap in terms of women giving birth in health facilities.

The authorities of Modhumoti Model Town (MMT) and Rajuk are yet to implement the Supreme Court directives to restore the wetlands of Savar where the housing scheme was developed, citing five review petitions pending with it against the verdict.

The site of Modhumoti Model Town project, which has been declared illegal by the top court, has been expanded by filling an adjacent lake and the lowland along the Dhaka-Savar road. During a recent visit there, this correspondent found the lake almost filled. At least 30 trucks were dumping soil into the water body.

Government officials and employees have illegally occupied 128 houses across the country, Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossain told parliament yesterday.

Just a week ago the primary and mass education minister had announced that the Primary Education Completion (PEC) exams in class-V would be scrapped from this year.

So near, yet so far. An old story got replayed in the Copa America Centenario final.

Lionel Messi sensationally announced his international retirement leaving Argentinian football in turmoil after a traumatic penalty shootout 4-2 defeat to Chile in the Copa America Centenario final on Sunday.

The government has asked chiefs of all utility service providers in Dhaka to attend general meetings of the two city corporations and implement meeting decisions to improve civic amenities.

Three leaders of district tank-lorry owners' association on a motorbike were crushed to death by a stone-laden truck while trying to get away from highway police in Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria yesterday.

The government would install a 240-km pipeline from Chittagong to Dhaka within three years for the supply of petroleum fuel at a cheap rate, State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid told parliament yesterday.