Hong Kong (AP/UNB): The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 10:30 a.m. Share benchmarks are tumbling across Asia after Donald Trump gained the lead in electoral votes, with 123 to Hillary Clinton’s 97 as of 9 p.m.…
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Dhaka to invest $1bn in Bhutan hydropower: FM
Dhaka – Bangladesh is willing to invest US$ 1 billion in the 1125-MW Dorjilung hydropower project under trilateral cooperation with India and Bhutan, said Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Tuesday, UNB news agency reported.
“Stealing” election: Trump voters keep committing fraud at polls?
By Keegan Hamilton Donald Trump has repeatedly warned that the 2016 election will be “rigged” in favor of Hillary Clinton, but so far the voters caught committing fraud have been attempting to cast their ballots for the Republican nominee. On…
US election 2016: Trump cries foul as FBI clears Clinton
Donald Trump has accused the FBI of impropriety after it once again said that Hillary Clinton should not face criminal charges over her emails.The FBI director said a fresh inquiry into the Democratic candidate’s communications found nothing to change the…
Clinton looks to shift focus to unity in race’s final hours
Embarking on the final day of a furious campaign, Hillary Clinton tried Monday to at last emerge from the cloud of suspicion that has followed her campaign and close her historic bid with a call for elusive unity and hope.…
Hillary focuses on healing, Trump on emails in final hours
Manchester (AP/UNB) — With the cloud of an FBI investigation lifted, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump struck strikingly different tones as they moved into the final hours of a volatile, nearly two-years long presidential campaign. After days of full-throated attacks…
FBI clears Hillary Clinton again of email probe
Dhaka – US Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey told lawmakers Sunday the agency hasn’t changed its opinion that Hillary Clinton should not face criminal charges after a review of new emails. “Based on our review, we have not…
Hillary fields stars – Trump to target Democratic states
Republican candidate Donald Trump has said he is going to target states seen as Democratic strongholds in the last two days before the US election, BBC reported. He will visit Pennsylvania, Michigan and also Minnesota, which has not gone Republican…
Trump rushed off at campaign rally returns to stage
Nevada (CNN)Donald Trump was rushed off a stage here Saturday by Secret Service agents during a campaign speech after an incident in the crowd near the front of the stage. A Secret Service spokesperson said in a statement that an…
Coastal areas to be hit by tidal waves
Dhaka-The low-lying areas of Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Feni, Chandpur, Barguna, Bhola, Patuakhali, Barisal, Pirozpur, Jhalakati, Bagherhat, Khulna, Satkhira and their offshore islands and chars are likely to be inundated by tidal surge of 2-3 feet under the influence…
‘New York City police officer killed in Bronx shooting’
New York (Reuters) – A New York City police sergeant was fatally shot and a second officer was wounded in the Bronx on Friday by a heavily armed robbery suspect who was killed in the exchange of gunfire, according to…
BNP to seek alternative venue to hold Nov 7 rally: Fakhrul
BNP to seek alternative venue to hold Nov 7 rally: Fakhrul Dhaka – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said his party would seek alternative venue to Suhrawardy Udyan to hold the party’s planned rally on November…
3 of a family among 4 killed in Khulna road crash
Dhaka – Four people, including three members of a family, were killed and 8 people injured in a triangular collision involving a truck, a human hauler and a battery-run auto-rickshaw at Kanthaltala on Khulna-Satkhira road in Dumuria upazila in Khulna…
Gulshan attack: Arms suppliers on remand
Dhaka-The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday placed four suspected arms suppliers of Gulshan café attack on a three-day remand each.
AL men involved in plundering Tk 10 rice: Khaleda
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday alleged that the ruling party men are involved in widespread ‘plundering’ of the Tk 10 per kg rice allocated for poor people, UNB news agency reported.
Obama warns fate of world at stake as US election draws closer
Dhaka – President Barack Obama has urged Democrats of all ethnic backgrounds to get out and vote for Hillary Clinton, warning that the fate of the US republic – and the world – is at stake. He said her Republican…
BNP would definitely join next polls: says Obaidul
Narayanganj: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said BNP will take part in the next general election, no matter whenever and however it is held. “They (BNP) know it very well what will be the consequences if…
Hillary Clinton dismisses polls putting Trump in the lead
Clinton campaign officials have dismissed a poll suggesting that Donald Trump may have taken the lead in the final days before Tuesday’s election, insisting they see no evidence of a negative impact from Friday’s new FBI email disclosures.Speaking as Hillary…
Ruling pary lawmaker Bodi gets 3 years in jail for graft
Dhaka – A special court in Dhaka on Wednesday sentenced Awami League MP Abdur Rahman Bodi to three years’ imprisonment in a case for accumulating wealth beyond his known sources of income, UNB news agency reported.
Police approval for BNP’s 7-Nov rally yet to come
Dhaka – The BNP is yet to get approval by Dhaka Metropolitan Police to hold its national revolution and solidariity day rally at Suhrawardy Udyan though the public works department has given its permission to its ground on condition of…
267 penalised in Barisal for violating ban on hilsha fishing
Barishal: Separate mobile courts have sentenced some 267 people to different term jails in six districts of Barisal division in 20 days in separate incidents of violation of the on-going temporary ban on hilsha fishing. The courts also collected Tk…
Get ready for early polls, Ershad asks party activists
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Tuesday asked his party leaders and activists to get ready for ‘early parliamentary elections’.Speaking at a rally in front of his party’s Kakrail office, the former military ruler also said his party will join…
AL candidates win 25 UP chairman posts, BNP 7
Dhaka – Awami League candidates won in 25 union parishads (UPs) while its rebel candidates in eight, and BNP candidates in seven among some 400 UPs where the election was held on Monday, UNB news agency reported. According to reports…
JClinton challenges FBI, declaring, ‘There’s no case here’
Kent, Nov 1 (AP/UNB) — Hillary Clinton forcefully challenged the FBI’s new email inquiry Monday, declaring during a campaign rally in battleground Ohio, “There’s no case here.” Clinton’s comments were her most pointed yet on the subject, and they underscored…
Situation has improved and confidence is coming back: Alison
British High Commissioner in Dhaka Alison Blake on Monday said things have improved and confidence is coming back since July 1 tragedy but it is far too early for any of them to relax their guard.
Household air pollution kills 8500 BD children a year: Unicef
Over 8,500 children die every year in Bangladesh from diseases caused by household air pollution (HAP) and 89 percent of households use solid fuels – mostly wood, agricultural waste and cow dung – for cooking and space heating.
Offshore wind could grow more than 650% by 2030: IRENA
Tokyo, Japan – Offshore wind power has the potential to grow from just 13 gigawatts (GW) in 2015, to 100 GW in 2030, according to new analysis from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Innovation Outlook: Offshore Wind, launched Monday…
AL’s election move is to send BNP leaders to jail: Abbas
Dhaka-BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas on Sunday said Awami League’s preparation for the next parliamentary elections means ‘sending BNP leaders and activists to jail’.
How to deal with weather changes
Many parts of Bangladesh are experiencing a slow start to the winter season and nowadays the weather changes suddenly from warm and humid, to cool and dry or the other way around.The sudden changes can make you feel under the…
Bangladesh has not been a democracy for 10 years: BNP
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir have said that Bangladesh has not been a democracy for the last ten years and the democracy we see is ‘laughable’.Fakhrul said ‘this opinion’ had been formed by the way the country is…