UN sends team to clean up Sunderbans oil spill
The United Nations has sent a team of international experts to Bangladesh to help clean up the world’s largest mangrove forest on Thursday, more than a week after it was hit by a huge oil spill.
8 children killed in home in Northern Australia
Eight dead children and a woman suffering from stab wounds were found inside a home in a northern Australian city on Friday, police said.
Pakistan: 59 militants killed after school massacre
Pakistani jets and ground forces killed 59 militants in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border, the army said Friday, days after Taliban fighters killed 148 people — most of them children -- in a school massacre.
Two ministers give conflicting views on oil spill
Two ministers, whose offices are closely linked with the Sundarbans, yesterday gave conflicting views about the oil spill and its environmental impacts; the same day a government inspection team said they had not seen any dead dolphin or crocodile.
Khaleda now asks Hasina to watch her mouth
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday asked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to watch her tongue and use decent words.
‘Dead’ Hefazat activist found alive 19 months after May 5 rally
A 16-year-old Hefazat-e-Islam activist, whose family claimed that he had been “killed” during the Shapla Chattar clash with police last year, has now been found alive in Chittagong.
Mobarak appeals against tribunal verdict
War crimes convict Mobarak Hossain has appealed to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court against the death sentence handed down to him by the International Crimes Tribunal.
Zimbabwe fires cricket coach following whitewash
Zimbabwe has sacked their cricket coach Stephen Mangongo following the team's whitewash defeat in Bangladesh.
Fresh arrest warrant against Latif
A Natore court has issued an arrest warrant against former minister Abdul Latif Siddique on Thursday afternoon.
Tk100 crore defamation suit filed against Tarique
A defamation case has been lodged against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman for calling Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman a “Razakar.”
