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President administers Syed Mahmud Hossain’s oath as chief justice of Bangladesh
Feb 4, 2018President M Abdul Hamid yesterday administered the oath of office of Syed Mahmud Hossain as the new chief justice a day after signing his appointment. The president administered the oath at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban... -
Hawaii civil defense employee mistook drill for actual missile attack
Jan 31, 2018The Hawaii civil defense employee who issued the false missile alarm that stirred panic across the state last month mistook an alert drill for an actual attack, confused by conflicting messages used in the simulation, investigators... -
Amid angst over iPhone X, Wall Street braces for weak forecast from Apple
Jan 30, 2018When Apple Inc announces its first-quarter earnings on Thursday, investors will seek signs of whether the company’s $999 iPhone X launched last autumn was a Steve Jobs-style hit or, as more analysts suspect, a letdown. In... -
Trump says, ‘I am a stable genius’
Jan 29, 2018U.S. President Donald Trump said he was a stable genius and that he eats good quality food. When asked by Britain’s ITV about his health and some perceptions that he was insane and physically unfit, Trump... -
Taliban kill 95 with ambulance bomb in Kabul
Jan 27, 2018A suicide bombing has killed at least 95 people and injured 158 others in the centre of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, officials say. Attackers drove an ambulance laden with explosives past a police checkpoint in a secure... -
South Korea hospital fire kills 37 in Miryang
Jan 26, 2018At least 37 people have been killed and more than 70 injured in a fire at a hospital in South Korea. The blaze is thought to have started in the emergency room at Sejong Hospital in... -
PM Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate 4000th Para Center in Chittagong hill tracts area
Jan 20, 2018Priminister of Peoples Republic of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina is going to inaugurate the 4000th para center in Chittagong hill tracts area, which is made with Rangamati, Bandarban and Khagrachari districts. The inauguration program is going to... -
Seven ethnic Rakhine killed as Myanmar police fire on riot
Jan 17, 2018Myanmar police said Wednesday they opened fire on a crowd of ethnic Rakhine Buddhists as they tried to seize a government office, in unrest that left seven dead in a state already scored by violence and... -
Kosovo Serb leader shot dead in northern town
Jan 16, 2018Kosovan Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic, who was standing trial over the killings of ethnic Albanians during the 1998-99 war, was shot dead outside his party office in the northern town of Mitrovica on Tuesday, a state... -
Islam could be the second-largest religion in the US, by 2040
Jan 14, 2018The Muslim population is growing, and in the next two decades Muslims could become the second-largest religious group in the United States, according to a Pew Research study. However, that’s not the whole story. The Pew...
