Italy's Eni finds 'supergiant' natural gas field off Egypt

The Italian energy company Eni SpA announces it has discovered a "supergiant" natural gas field off Egypt, describing it as the "largest-ever" found in the Mediterranean Sea.
31 August 2015

Calls grow for action

Calls multiplied yesterday for Europe finally to get to grips with its ever-deadlier migrant crisis after Austria's horrific truck tragedy and a tragic boat disaster in the Mediterranean, as people continued to pour into Hungary from Serbia despite a newly completed razor-wire barrier.
30 August 2015

‘Section 57 gives admin unfettered discretion’

A lawyer who is representing a writ petitioner argued before the High Court that Section 57 of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act provides “unfettered discretion to the administration”.
30 August 2015

Myanmar ‘rebel’ sent to jail

A suspected member of Myanmarese rebel group Arakan Army, who was detained yesterday during a combing operation in Rangamati, is sent to jail.
28 August 2015

Kazi Zafar’s 1st janaza held in Tongi

The first namaz-e-janaza of Jatiya Party (Z) chairman and former prime minister Kazi Zafar Ahmed holds at Biswa Ijtema ground in Tongi.
28 August 2015

Briefing on power, gas tariff today; hike likely

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission will host a press briefing this afternoon regarding the tariffs of power and natural gas.
27 August 2015

Trader found dead

Police recovered the body of a trader from beside his house in the district town yesterday. The deceased is Khandakar Razu, 38, a rod and
26 August 2015

Farmer electrocuted

A man was electrocuted at Lakkhirchar village in Sadar upazila of the district yesterday. The deceased, identified as Intaz Ali, 50, of the
26 August 2015

Meet 6-pt demand by Oct 31 or face agitation

Leaders of National Committee for Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port Protection in Phulbari upazila under the district
26 August 2015

Wreckage of Soviet WWII plane recovered from riverbed in Poland (video)

The wreckage of a World War II Soviet plane and the remains of two crew members have been retrieved in Poland.
26 August 2015

Belgian WWII nurse who helped save many US troops dies

A Belgian nurse who helped save hundreds of American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge at the end of World War II has died.
26 August 2015

Husband kills wife

A housewife was killed allegedly by her husband at Ghion village in Nachole upazila of the district yesterday. The deceased is Selina
25 August 2015

Chandpur woman AL leader murder: Main suspect arrested

Police arrest the prime suspect of the murder case of a Chandpur woman leader of ruling Awami League.
25 August 2015

Woman electrocuted

A housewife was electrocuted in the district town on Sunday night.
24 August 2015

Clash over capturing khas land leaves 2 dead

Two people were killed and at least five others injured in a clash between two rival groups of landless people over capturing khas land
24 August 2015

Revoke Section 57 of ICT Act: Editors’ Council

The Editors’ Council strongly demands scrapping of Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act.
23 August 2015

3 lawyers ‘indirectly involved’ in funding extremism: Prosecution

Prosecution claims that the three lawyers, who were arrested over funding Islamist extremism, confessed before a court in Chittagong about their involvement in the act.
23 August 2015

2,200 more rescued off Italy coast

Italy's coastguard yesterday coordinated the rescue of 2,200 migrants in the Mediterranean after receiving distress calls from more than
22 August 2015

France train shooting: Americans overpower gunman

Three people hurt after heavily armed man opens fire on a train in northern France, before being overpowered by American passengers.
22 August 2015

Top results for Malala in school exams

Malala Yousafzai, the teenage education rights campaigner who came to Britain after the Pakistani Taliban tried to kill her, has scored high
21 August 2015