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Singapore likeliest option for Trump-Kim summit

Singapore likeliest option for Trump-Kim summit

Reuters
Singapore is the most likely venue for a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a U.S. official said,...Details
UK to review cases of Bangladeshi professionals being denied visas

UK to review cases of Bangladeshi professionals being denied visas

Aditi Khanna, from London
The UK Home Office has agreed to review the cases of a number of highly-skilled Bangladeshi professionals being denied their right to live and work...Details
Energy regulator announces public hearing for gas price hike

Energy regulator announces public hearing for gas price hike

Bangla Tribune Report
After joining the club of liquefied natural gas (LNG) importers, Bangladesh has now moved for another round of gas price hike after revising it...Details
Panel on quotas in public service by three days: Govt

Panel on quotas in public service by three days: Govt

Bangla Tribune Report
Amid protestors’ announcement for tougher movements, the government has said that the administrative panel over reforms to quotas in civil service...Details
North Korea releases detained Americans

North Korea releases detained Americans

Reuters
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that three Americans detained by North Korea have been released and are on their way home with...Details
Complaints filed against 118 people

Rangamati killingsComplaints filed against 118 people

Rangamati Correspondent
Complaints have been filed with police in Rangamati over the killings of six people in two days.Superintendent of Police Alamgir Kabir said that...Details
ICT prosecutor Tureen Afroz ‘had secret meeting with suspect’

ICT prosecutor Tureen Afroz ‘had secret meeting with suspect’

Bangla Tribune Report
The International Crimes Tribunal’s Prosecution wing has opened an inquiry into one of its members over allegations of conspiring with a 1971...Details
Lightning kills 11 in four districts

Lightning kills 11 in four districts

Bangla Tribune Report
At least 11 people were killed in lightning strikes in Habiganj, Nilphamari, Rajshahi and Jamalpur of the country on Wednesday (May 9).Of them, six...Details
BCL National Council on May 11 and 12

BCL National Council on May 11 and 12

Bangla Tribune Report
The council for the ruling Awami League’s student front, the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), will be held at Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan...Details
Voting on May 15 not possible: CEC Huda

Gazipur City Corporation pollsVoting on May 15 not possible: CEC Huda

Gazipur Correspondent
The Election Commission says it will be not possible for them to hold voting for the Gazipur City Corporation polls on May 15, even if the court’s...Details
Quota reform protesters set deadline, warn of tougher movement

Quota reform protesters set deadline, warn of tougher movement

Bangla Tribune Report
Demonstrators demanding reforms to quotas in public service have threatened of tougher movements from Sunday after setting Thursday as the deadline...Details
Three Bangladeshis held in South Korea released

Three Bangladeshis held in South Korea released

Bangla Tribune Report
Three Bangladeshis, who were detained in South Korea, have been released and are expected to return Dhaka on Wednesday, says the foreign...Details
PM attends milad for Wazed Miah

PM attends milad for Wazed Miah

Bangla Tribune Desk
A milad and doa mahfil was arranged for late Dr MA Wazed Miah, an eminent nuclear scientist and husband of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, at...Details
Malaysians vote in cliffhanger election

Malaysians vote in cliffhanger election

Reuters
Malaysians voted on Wednesday in a cliffhanger election pitting Prime Minister Najib Razak’s coalition against a resurgent opposition led by...Details
US Secy of State Pompeo in North Korea

US Secy of State Pompeo in North Korea

Reuters
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to return from North Korea with three American detainees, as well as details of an upcoming summit...Details
Supreme Court order on Khaleda’s bail May 15

Supreme Court order on Khaleda’s bail May 15

Bangla Tribune Report
The Supreme Court has set May 15 to give its order after hearing pleas by the Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) and the State challenging...Details
Zebras found in Jashore cattle shed

Zebras found in Jashore cattle shed

Benapole Correspondent
Police in Jashore have seized nine Zebras, which it suspect were brought there to be smuggled out of the country from the bordering district.The...Details
India sends second relief consignment for Rohingyas

India sends second relief consignment for Rohingyas

Bangla Tribune Desk
Bangladesh reiterated its call upon India to create international pressure on Myanmar for returning of tens of thousands of Rohingyas with safety...Details
Verdict on Mymensingh’s Riaz Fakir Thursday

1971 War CrimesVerdict on Mymensingh’s Riaz Fakir Thursday

Bangla Tribune Report
The war crimes verdict against Riaz Uddin Fakir from Mymensingh will be announced on Thursday.The three-member International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)...Details
Facebook shakes up management, launches blockchain division

Facebook shakes up management, launches blockchain division

Reuters
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg ordered one of the biggest management shakeups in the history of the social network, giving more...Details
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