Strikes before BNP rallies: AL leaders pulling the strings
It is the local Awami League leaders and their allies who are actually enforcing the transport strikes in divisional cities right before the BNP rallies, while ministers keep insisting that transport associations are independent.
Death toll rises to 28 in Russian apartment block collapse
Twenty-eight bodies have been recovered from the debris of an apartment block in Russia that partially collapsed in an apparent explosion, while 13 people remained unaccounted for, the regional emergencies ministry says.
Veteran US diplomat to work for Reuters journos' release
Former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson says he will work toward securing the release of two Reuters journalists arrested in Myanmar in his capacity as a member of an international advisory board on the crisis in Rakhine state.
Strikes before BNP rallies: AL leaders pulling the strings
It is the local Awami League leaders and their allies who are actually enforcing the transport strikes in divisional cities right before the BNP rallies, while ministers keep insisting that transport associations are independent.
Death toll rises to 28 in Russian apartment block collapse
Twenty-eight bodies have been recovered from the debris of an apartment block in Russia that partially collapsed in an apparent explosion, while 13 people remained unaccounted for, the regional emergencies ministry says.
Veteran US diplomat to work for Reuters journos' release
Former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson says he will work toward securing the release of two Reuters journalists arrested in Myanmar in his capacity as a member of an international advisory board on the crisis in Rakhine state.
UK parliament must approve start of Brexit talks: Supreme Court
Britain's Supreme Court rules the UK government must win parliament's approval before beginning Brexit negotiations, in a landmark judgement that also says regional lawmakers have no say.
Families of martyred intellectuals want immediate execution
Paying tribute to their loved ones on Martyred Intellectuals' Day, families of the illustrious citizens yesterday called for immediate execution of verdicts passed by the International Crimes Tribunals.
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Public furious like Vesuvius
From a distance, it looked like a usual chitchat a group of four youths were having in front of a roadside tea stall at Khamarbari intersection in the capital. A closer observation, however, revealed something different — they were expressing their anger and anguish the ongoing political violence was doling out to people’s lives.
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