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Russia's Putin sworn in for another six years

Russia's Putin sworn in for another six years

Reuters
Vladimir Putin was sworn in for another six years as Russian president on Monday, buoyed by popular support but weighed down too by a costly...Details
Office hours revised for Ramadan

Office hours revised for Ramadan

Bangla Tribune Report
Office hours for all all government institutions have been reset during the month of Ramadan, which begins in mid-may.The decision was made during...Details
HC order staying Gazipur city polls challenged

HC order staying Gazipur city polls challenged

Bangla Tribune Report
Gazipur mayor aspirants have opened initiatives to challenge the High Court’s order staying the polls.On Sunday, the High Court stayed the...Details
BNP announces protests after denied permission for rally

BNP announces protests after denied permission for rally

Bangla Tribune Report
The BNP has announced demonstrations for Wednesday across capital Dhaka after failing to secure police’s permission for a rally in front of the...Details
HC rule over policy on domestic flight fares

HC rule over policy on domestic flight fares

Bangla Tribune Report
The High Court has pulled up the government over fares charged by airlines for domestic flights.On Monday, it issued a rule asking why it will not...Details
Ex-chairman Bachchu’s ACC interrogation rescheduled

Basic Bank loan scamEx-chairman Bachchu’s ACC interrogation rescheduled

Bangla Tribune Report
The fifth round grilling of former Basic Bank chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bachchu by the ant-graft body has been rescheduled.Bacchu was supposed to...Details
Oil prices reach highest since November 2014

Oil prices reach highest since November 2014

Reuters
Key crude oil prices rose by 1 percent to their highest levels since late-2014 on Monday, pushed up by a deepening economic crisis in Venezuela and...Details
Three killed in Gopalganj as pickup truck overturns

Three killed in Gopalganj as pickup truck overturns

Gopalganj Correspondent
Three people have been killed and another eight injured when a loaded pickup truck overturned in Gopalganj.The incident was reported on Monday (May...Details
Russian opposition leader and activists held before Putin inauguration

Russian opposition leader and activists held before Putin inauguration

Reuters
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and around 1,600 anti-Kremlin activists were detained by police on Saturday during street protests against...Details
Four bodies with throats slit found in Bogura

Four bodies with throats slit found in Bogura

Bagura Correspondent,
The bodies of four men with their hands tied and throats slit have been found in Bogura.Locals at a village in Shibganj Upazila reported to police...Details
Lebanon polls: Hezbollah allies take the lead

Lebanon polls: Hezbollah allies take the lead

Reuters
The Iran-backed Shi’ite group Hezbollah and its political allies won more than half the seats in Lebanon’s first parliamentary election...Details
Shutdown underway in hill districts

Shutdown underway in hill districts

Rangamati Correspondent
A shutdown is underway in the Chattogram Hill Tracts called by the Parbatya Bangalee Chhatra Parishad and the Parbatya Nagorik Parishad.The 48-hour...Details
Bangabandhu satellite launching on May 10

Bangabandhu satellite launching on May 10

Hitlar A Halim, from Florida, USA
The launch of Bangabandhu-1, Bangladesh’s first satellite, has been scheduled for May 10, says Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory...Details
Real won’t give Barca guard of honour: Zidane

Real won’t give Barca guard of honour: Zidane

Reuters
Real Madrid will not give La Liga champions Barcelona a guard of honour when the sides meet in El Clasico, coach Zinedine Zidane said on...Details
Apple and Buffett saw value, and acted

Apple and Buffett saw value, and acted

Reuters
Apple Inc was not the only one to leap on a chance to buy its stock at a fat discount last quarter as Warren Buffett stepped in to scoop up an...Details
Three-quarters FB users as active or more since privacy scandal

Three-quarters FB users as active or more since privacy scandal

Reuters
Most of Facebook’s U.S. users have remained loyal to the social network despite revelations that a political consultancy collected...Details
Pakistan interior minister wounded in gun attack

Pakistan interior minister wounded in gun attack

Reuters
Pakistan’s interior minister Ahsan Iqbal survived an assassination attempt on Sunday, officials said, an incident likely to heighten political...Details
Police officer, wife murder: House help acquitted

Police officer, wife murder: House help acquitted

Bangla Tribune Report
A court in Dhaka has acquitted the domestic help charged over the 2013 murders of police officer Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman in...Details
Rohingya repression amounts to ethnic cleansing: OIC

Rohingya repression amounts to ethnic cleansing: OIC

Bangla Tribune Report
The 45th Council of Foreign Ministers’ meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has adopted the Dhaka Declaration...Details
Protesters killed in Kashmir as troops move on militants

Protesters killed in Kashmir as troops move on militants

Reuters
Five civilians were killed and more than 50 wounded when Indian troops opened fire on hundreds of people who pelted them with stones as they...Details
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