DU 'Kha' unit result out, pass rate 14.68%
The admission test result for the Dhaka University “Kha” unit under the academic year of 2014-15 has been published with a pass rate of 14.68%.
Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor, AAMS Arefin Siddique, made the announcement around 10:35am on Tuesday.
5 killed in Gazipur road accident
Five people have been killed and six others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a tempo in Tan Sutrapur area under Kaliakoir upazila in Gazipur.
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
2 robbers lynched in Brahmanbaria
Two suspected robbers have been beaten to death by angry mob in Leshiyara village under Kasba upazila in Brahmanbaria.
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
US airdrops ammunition to Syria rebels
US forces airdropped small arms ammunition and other supplies to Syrian Arab rebels, barely two weeks after Russia raised the stakes in the long-running civil war by intervening on the side of President Bashar al-Assad.
One military official said the drop, by Air Force C-17 cargo planes in northern Syria on Sunday, was part of a revamped US strategy announced last week to help rebels in Syria battling Islamic State militants.
Man killed in Brahmanbaria clash
A man has been murdered as two groups of villagers locked in fatal clash over a trivial matter in Ashuganj upazila of the district.
The victim is Nurul Amin, 40, from Bagoir village in the upazila.
Iran's parliament backs nuclear deal
Iran's parliament has approved a deal on its nuclear programme agreed with six world powers, state media say.
The deal was passed with 161 votes in favour, 59 against and 13 abstentions, the official IRNA news agency said.
Dutch to issue MH17 disaster report
The Dutch Safety Board is to publish a final report on why Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 broke up over Ukraine in 2014, killing all 298 on board.
Preliminary findings say it was hit by "high-energy objects from outside the aircraft", fuelling speculation that a surface-to-air missile was responsible.
The militants behind Modi
An ascendant Hindu nationalist group wants minority Muslims and Christians to accept that India is a nation of Hindus, and is pushing some of them to convert.
An election in the volatile state of West Bengal has become a prime target in its game plan.
UK pensioner faces 360 lashes over Saudi wine
A UK pensioner caught with homemade wine in Saudi Arabia could receive 360 lashes - a punishment his family say would kill him.
Karl Andree, 74, has already spent more than a year in prison since being arrested by Saudi religious police.
