The BNP considers no agreement on Teesta water sharing with India as the failure of the Awami League-led government. “It is certainly a failure of the government as no deal was signed on Teesta water sharing during Modi’s visit.  The whole nation is disappointed,” said BNP international…

The government is going to amend the Information and Communication Technology Act to combat the increasing amount of cyber crimes, Law Minister Anisul Huq said yesterday. Speaking as the chief guest at a roundtable organised by Article 19, a research organisation, in Sonargaon Hotel of the capital,…

Twelve Maoist rebels have been killed in a gunbattle with police in a forest in an eastern Indian state known as a rebel stronghold, officers said yesterday, reports AFP from New Delhi. They said firing erupted when police tried to intercept a group of suspected guerrillas whom they thought were heading…

Nepal's rival political parties have struck a historic agreement to end years of deadlock on a new constitution that will divide the country into eight provinces, spurred by a devastating earthquake, AFP reports from Kathmandu.   The deal reached late Monday comes weeks after an earthquake…

Pakistan yesterday described as ‘unfortunate’ the remarks made by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bangladesh where he had accused it of creating ‘nuisance’ and constantly troubling India by promoting terrorism, reports UNB. “Pakistan believes in peaceful co-existence…

An Indian minister in the Delhi state government resigned last night, hours after police arrested him on suspicion of faking his law degree, sparking accusations of political interference by the country's ruling party, reports AFP. Jitendra Singh Tomar, who held a number of portfolios in the Delhi…

The High Court (HC) yesterday ordered the authorities concerned to admit BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) immediately for medical treatment. In response to a petition filed by Fakhrul’s wife Rahat Ara Begum, the vacation…

Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta yesterday came down heavily on different ministries for seeking additional budgetary allocations for the fiscal year 2014-15 without giving adequate explanations for their demands, reports UNB. Taking part in the general discussion on the Supplementary Budget for…

Indian forces yesterday hunted down and inflicted "significant casualties" on rebel groups allegedly involved in the killing of 20 soldiers in the remote northeast of the country last week, AFP reports from New Delhi quoting officials. The army said it "engaged two separate groups of…