US ambassador attacker gets jail in S Korea

The South Korean man behind a shocking knife attack that left the US ambassador in Seoul needing 80 stitches to a deep gash on his face, was convicted of
11 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Iran nuke deal survives US Congress test

President Barack Obama's Democrats have staved off a united Republican effort to sink the Iran nuclear deal, handing him a welcome foreign policy victory.
11 September 2015, 18:00 PM

US intel analysts revolt over rosy ISIS assessments: report

More than 50 US intelligence analysts have complained that senior military officials altered reports so as to downplay the strength of Islamic State and al-Qaeda's branch in Syria, the Daily Beast reported Thursday.
10 September 2015, 20:35 PM

Obama orders US to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees

President Barack Obama has ordered his team to admit at least 10,000 Syrian refugees next year, the White House said yesterday, amid criticism that the
10 September 2015, 20:28 PM

13,347 fishermen get ID cards in Jamalpur

As many as 15,758 fishermen of seven upazilas, including seven municipalities in Jamalpur district, have been registered.
10 September 2015, 18:00 PM

BSF shoots 2 Bangladeshi cattle traders

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot and injured two Bangladeshi cattle traders along Haripur border in Thakurgaon.
9 September 2015, 09:48 AM

Fake Rab man held

Police arrested a fake member of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) from Ullapara upazila of the district on Monday.
8 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Criminals kill cattle trader, take away Tk 50,000

Criminals stabbed a cattle trader to death and took away Tk 50,000 from him at Pujkhola village in Amtali upazila of Barguna district on
8 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Mega projects for river bank protection: Minister

Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud says the government has taken two mega projects worth over Tk 2,898 crore on reconstruction and maintaining of river bank protection across the country.
8 September 2015, 15:51 PM

Sick after eating: Cattle trader dies in RMCH

A cattle trader, who among the 30 people who fell unconscious after having breakfast at a Rajshahi hotel yesterday, dies.
7 September 2015, 05:45 AM

Clinton paid staffer to maintain email server

Hillary Clinton says she and her family paid a State Department staffer with personal funds to maintain a private email server that she used for both personal and government matters while secretary of state.
6 September 2015, 05:07 AM

CAB threatens to move court on gas, power cost hike

Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) threatens to move the court if the recent price-hike of gas and power is not reconsidered.
5 September 2015, 07:19 AM

Obama secures key backing at Congress

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday earned sufficient congressional backing to ensure the Iran nuclear deal does not get blocked, when a veteran Democrat became the crucial 34th senator to back the controversial accord.
3 September 2015, 18:27 PM

'More threads contain foreign govts' info'

"Here's my personal email," Hillary Clinton wrote to US special envoy George Mitchell on a summer Sunday in 2010 as he telephoned one European official after another in an effort to keep peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians on track.
3 September 2015, 18:21 PM

Madrasa boy electrocuted

A madrasa student died from electrocution at Rehaichar in Sadar upazila yesterday morning.
3 September 2015, 18:00 PM

E-mail row: Can Clinton survive?

She remains Democrats' best hope -- for now -- to retain the White House, but Hillary Clinton has failed to shake an unremitting email scandal that has dragged down her perceived trustworthiness and upended her campaign.
2 September 2015, 18:00 PM

Use al-Qaeda to tackle ISIS

Former CIA chief and retired general David Petraeus wants the United States to consider working with some members of an Al-Qaeda-affiliated organization to tackle the Islamic State group in Syria, he said Tuesday.
2 September 2015, 18:00 PM

BCL men were used by Sust VC: Yasmeen Haque

Prof Yasmeen Haque of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology observes that BCL activists are not to blame for Sunday’s attacks on the university teachers.
2 September 2015, 12:02 PM

Brain-eating amoeba kills teen athlete in US

A life threatening amoeba takes the life of 14-year-old Michael John Riley Jr in a matter of days.
2 September 2015, 05:59 AM

World must speed climate change fight

US President Barack Obama warned Monday that climate change is no longer a problem of the future, but rather a challenge for now and one that will define the next century.
1 September 2015, 18:00 PM