Ukraine leader set to return amid protest crisis
Ukraine’s embattled President Viktor Yanukovych was expected to return home yesterday after a trip to China as his government seeks to quell the biggest protests since the 2004 Orange Revolution....
View ArticleSuicide bomber kills five outside Syria militia HQ
A suicide bomber blew up a vehicle outside a pro-government militia headquarters in northeastern Syria, killing at least five people on Friday, a monitoring group said. Another 10 people were wounded...
View ArticleUS seeks to reassure wary Gulf allies over Iran deal
Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel holds talks in Bahrain yesterday to reassure anxious Gulf allies that the US military will maintain a robust regional presence despite a nuclear deal with Iran. Defense...
View ArticleAustralia will still spy on Indonesia: PM
Australia will not halt collecting intelligence on Indonesia but would work towards becoming its trusted partner, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Friday in the wake of damaging espionage allegations....
View ArticleEC validates 847 runners
After scrutiny, the Election Commission has validated the candidature of 847 lawmaker aspirants of the 10th parliamentary polls. It cancelled the nominations of 260 candidates, including those of all...
View ArticleParents’ choice
Classic cartoons Tom and Jerry and Scooby Doo have been named the TV programmes that parents secretly most like to switch channels to watch. The nostalgic favourites — alongside Postman Pat and Fireman...
View ArticleMugger killed in ‘shootout’
An alleged mugger was killed in a “shootout” between his cohorts and members of Rapid Action Battalion in the capital’s Boro Moghbazar early yesterday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Shafique,...
View ArticleMan shot dead for toll in Mirpur
Extortionists shot a trader dead at Mirpur in the capital yesterday evening. Qamruzzaman Sumon, 30, was declared dead around 9:00pm when he was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The brother of...
View ArticleTalk, end crisis
Eminent citizens have called upon the political leaders to reach a consensus through dialogue and stop the ongoing violence. “We do not give our mandates to political parties so that they could play...
View ArticleNo appointment with president, army chief
Key UN official Oscar Fernández-Taranco arrived in Dhaka yesterday on a four-day whirlwind visit to hold talks with political leaders to figure out a mutually acceptable formula to holding an...
View ArticleSend resignation letters to PM
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad last evening via text directed his party leaders in the polls-time cabinet to submit their resignation letters to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today. He changed his...
View ArticleFirst time in four years
After four consecutive years of successful and timely distribution of textbooks, the next academic year might witness a delay due to the ongoing blockades that have seriously disrupted the final round...
View ArticleDifferent polls pulse within AL
Though the government seems firm on holding the polls on January 5, Awami League leaders at all levels and some even candidates are concerned about possible attacks on them during campaign and low...
View ArticleEconomy at multiple risks
The economy of Bangladesh will face two sets of challenges over the next few years of which most immediate are the disruption and uncertainty associated with the forthcoming elections, says an IMF...
View ArticleTwo more die
Another arson victim, who suffered 64 percent burns, died of his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday, bringing the death toll from arson up to 15 since last month. Trucker Mehedi...
View ArticleDay’s freedom for people ends
Traffic in the capital and elsewhere went haywire yesterday as people, who had been restricted from their usual lifestyle due to the six-day blockade last week, poured out from their homes to attend to...
View ArticleBangladesh in mourning for 3 days
The government yesterday announced a three-day national mourning beginning today to pay homage to South Africa’s anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela. The national flag will be kept at half-mast at all...
View ArticleLast statesman of our times
He was the last statesman of the world we inhabit in these parlous times. There was about Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela the charisma and the wisdom the world was in sore need of, given that values were...
View ArticleWise words from Mandela
It is always a privilege to be in the presence of great men. But this writer had never been made more aware of that privilege than on Wednesday night (March 26, 1997) listening to the South African...
View ArticleA great light has gone out
The world yesterday mourned the death of Nelson Mandela, the most universally loved and revered leader in history, hailed as an “incredible gift” to humanity. South African President Jacob Zuma...
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