Top News
Turkey’s Erdogan is poised for a third decade in power
News Desk : Looks like we’ll have Recep Tayyip Erdogan to kick us around for a while yet. Sunday’s election has produced a runoff between...
Thai opposition parties agree to coalition after election success
Reuters : Thailand’s two main opposition parties agreed on Monday to form a ruling coalition after they trounced in a weekend election military-backed rivals that...
Launch services from Chandpur to all routes resume after 60 hrs
UNB, Dhaka : Launch services from Chandpur to all routes resumed on Monday morning after 60 hours of suspension due to Cyclone Mocha. Deputy Director...
Pakistan government supporters to stage rare sit-in, protest release of former Premier Imran Khan
AP, ISLAMABAD : Convoys of buses and vehicles filled with Pakistani pro-government supporters are flooding the main road leading to the country’s capital on Monday...
Actor Farooque no more
UNB, Dhaka : Legendary actor and parliamentary member Akbar Hossain Pathan, popularly known as Farooque, passed away on Monday. He was 75. He breathed his...
Turkish presidential election heads for runoff with Erdogan leading
AP, ANKARA : Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has ruled his country with an increasingly firm grip for 20 years, was locked in a...
Almost 3000 shanties damaged, but Rohingya camps spared the worst of Mocha
UNB, Dhaka : Some 2,826 shanties were damaged in the Rohingya camps in Teknaf and Ukhiya due to the impact of Cyclone Mocha, according to...
Turkey decides Erdogan’s future in knife-edge vote
AFP : Turkey votes Sunday in a momentous election that could extend President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 20-year grip on power or put the mostly Muslim...
Suspected Islamic extremists kill 33 in Burkina Faso
AP, Burkina Faso : An attack by suspected Islamic extremists on a village in the west of Burkina Faso killed 33 civilians, the provincial governor’s...