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Auto driver killed in KishoreganjStaff Reporter, KishoreganjAn auto rickshaw driver was stabbed to death by some miscreants at Donail area in Kishoreganj Sadar on Monday....
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1445 hectares of land brought under potato cultivation in Sylhet
S A Shofiee Sylhet :A total of 14,45 hectares of land have been brought under potato cultivation in Sylhet district this year.Department of Agriculture Extension...
Obama chides Republicans for lack of alternatives on Islamic State
Reuters, Honolulu :U.S. President Barack Obama said his administration is open to some “legitimate criticism” for failing to adequately explain its strategy to counter Islamic...
13 Malaysian tourists killed in Thailand bus accident
Business Standard :At least 13 Malaysian tourists were killed and eight others injured yesterday when their chartered bus crashed in Thailand’s famous tourist place Chiang...
Saudi air defence intercepts rocket fired from Yemen
AP, Riyadh :The Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in Yemen says Saudi air defense units have intercepted a rocket fired from inside Yemen in the southwest...
Assad allies Russia, Iran in Mideast resurgence
AFP, Beirut :After years of waning influence, Russia and Iran made a dramatic comeback in the Middle East in 2015 as they threw their support...
California shooter’s spouse visa approved despite questions
Reuters, California :United States immigration officials failed to obtain required proof from San Bernardino shooter Tashfeen Malik that she had met her U.S. citizen fiancé...
In favoring Middle East ally, US glossed over human rights record
Reuters, Washington :As the United States negotiated this year’s nuclear pact with Iran, the State Department quietly agreed to spare the Gulf sultanate of Oman...
Cambodia police use water cannon to break up textiles strike
Reuters, Phnom Penh :Police in Cambodia made dozens of arrests and used water cannon to break up a strike on Monday by garment workers protesting...
Some of China’s most wanted live openly in US and Canada
Reuters, New York :U.S. and Canadian officials have pledged to work with China to track down and repatriate Chinese fugitives living abroad. But that cooperation...
Germany warns of legal action against EU countries refusing refugees
AFP, Berlin :German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier threatened legal action today against European Union (EU) countries that refused to accept refugees under the bloc’s quota...
Iraq gets first beauty queen since 1972
AFP, Baghdad :“Some people out there think we don’t love life,” said Humam al-Obeidi, one of the organisers, as the crowd spilled out of the...