By Reuters and VICE News North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised a successful test of a new engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), state media said on Saturday. The country claimed that the development, which has not been independently…
Dhaka – International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based independent organisation, in its latest report released on Monday suggested Bangladeshi opposition parties to sever ties with political allies who use violence to destabilise the government. It also suggested opposition to commit to…
A US Navy officer with access to sensitive US intelligence faces espionage charges over accusations he passed on state secrets, possibly to China and Taiwan, a US official told Reuters on Sunday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, identified…
Three militants, including one suicide bomber, have attacked a police station in southern Russia. Russian media, citing regional police, said no police officers or civilians were killed in the attack on April 11 in the town of Novoselitskoye in the…
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday called his visit to a memorial to victims of the 1945 US nuclear attack on Hiroshima “gut-wrenching” and said it was a reminder of the need to pursue a world free of…
Dhaka – The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzaman Miah on Monday said all security measures have been taken to ensure foolproof security of Pahela Baisakh celebration venues in the capital. Nine observation towers will be set up in the…
Dhaka – Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali left here for Turkey on Monday morning to attend the 13th Islamic Summit Conference being held in Istanbul. The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has said leaders of the…
A senior North Korean military officer who oversaw spying operations has defected, say South Korean officials. The officer has not been named, but the defence ministry in Seoul said he was a senior colonel in the Reconnaissance General Bureau and…
Dubai – Dubai is reaching for the sky once again, with the developer of the world’s tallest building vowing Sunday to build an even taller tower bedecked with rotating balconies and elevated landscaping inspired by the mythical hanging gardens of…
This week’s general election in South Korea is expected to feature a new breed of angry young voter – millennials frustrated with record-high unemployment and widening inequality in career prospects. The April 13 ballot for the 300-seat national assembly has…
British Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister Tobias Ellwood has strongly condemned the murder of online activist Nazimuddin Samad and said right to life of all citizens of Bangladesh must be upheld.
London – British Prime Minister David Cameron admitted Saturday that he bungled his admission of his investment in an offshore fund revealed in the mammoth data breach of a Panama law firm. Cameron drew laughs and applause from a sympathetic…
Comilla – Twenty days after the killing of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu, Chief Executive Officer of Comilla Cantonment Board M Manirul Islam on Saturday gave a written statement over the murder, UNB news agency reported.
Philippine military officials say at least 18 soldiers have been killed in fierce daylong fighting with Muslim militants in the south.
Protesters across France are marching to voice their anger at labor reforms being championed by the country’s Socialist government.
North Korea says it has successfully tested an engine designed for an intercontinental ballistic missile. The new type of engine would “guarantee” the ability to launch a nuclear strike on the US mainland, the KCNA news agency said.
Greece on Friday resumed deportations of migrants to Turkey after a four-day pause, despite mounting desperation among refugees and attempts by activists to stop the two boats from leaving Lesbos with 124 people onboard.
Lebanon’s Military Court of Cassation on Friday sentenced a former Cabinet minister convicted on terrorism charges to 13 years in jail, three months after he was set free on bail pending retrial, Lebanese judicial officials said.
By VICE News and Reuters After a week in which he has been forced into making daily public statements, British Prime Minister David Cameron finally admitted in a TV interview on Thursday that he once had a stake in his…
St.Petersburg – President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied having any links to offshore accounts and described the Panama Papers document leaks scandal as part of a U.S.-led plot to weaken Russia. Putin also defended a cellist friend named as the…
Dhaka – The Amnesty International has said Bangladesh authorities must ensure that those activists and writers now under threat are effectively protected in accordance with their wishes. The vicious killing of another secular activist in Bangladesh is a grave reminder…
Dhaka – Urging the South Asian leaders to promise to ensure food and nutritional security across the region, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday underscored the need for speedy materialisation of the initiatives taken for setting up Saarc Food Bank…
EU Ambassador to Bangladesh, Pierre Mayaudon, firmly condemns the killing of Nazimuddin Samad, a student of Jagannath University, brutally murdered in Dhaka on 6 April.
Panama is creating an international panel to help improve transparency in its offshore financial industry. The move follows the leak of millions of documents from law firm Mossack Fonseca, showing it helped some clients evade tax and avoid sanctions. Several…
Ability to mount miniaturized nuclear device would bolster credible deterrent John G. Grisafi North Korea may now be capable of mounting a nuclear warhead on a medium-range ballistic missile, the New York Times and Reuters reported Wednesday, citing an unnamed…
By Binoy Kampmark “Privacy is a fundamental human right that is being eroded more and more in the modern world. Each person has a right to privacy, whether they are a king or a beggar.” Few could disagree with the…
Robert J. Burrowes Do you think that ending human violence is impossible? Do you believe that even aiming to do so is unrealistic? Well, you might be right. But you might also be interested to know that there are a…
Dhaka – A probe committee, led by additional district magistrate (ADM) Mohammad Muminur Rahman, has been formed to investigate the Banshkhali incident that left three people dead and nearly 40 injured. The committee has been asked to submit its report…
Naypyitaw – Myanmar’s parliament on Tuesday approved the creation of a new post for Aung San Suu Kyi, head of the country’s newly installed ruling party, that is similar to prime minister. Suu Kyi is banned by the constitution from…
STAFF REPORTER Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said the government has no plan to form a banking commission right now for further look into irregularities in the country’s banking sector.