Condemned war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami on Tuesday filed a petition seeking review of the Supreme Court verdict upholding the International Crimes Tribunal judgment that had sentenced him to death, reports UNB. Barrister Najib Momen, son of Nizami, who submitted the 70-page…

Public university teachers formally withdrew their shutdown programme yesterday. The agitation had remained suspended ever since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina assured them to look into their demand for promotion to Grade-1 in January. The teachers said they have now got the legal basis given by the government…

Authorities arrested the hijacker of an Egyptian airliner that was diverted to Cyprus on Tuesday, after the plane's passengers and crew were able…