Ruling out any possibility of holding mid-term elections, Awami League (AL) leaders yesterday said there would be no poll before 2019, and that it will be held under an election-time government led by Sheikh Hasina. They were addressing an extended meeting of the AL’s Dhaka city unit at the party…

Italy's coast guard said about 1,800 migrants were rescued from seven overcrowded vessels on Saturday, while five corpses were found on a large rubber boat carrying 212 others, Reuters reports from Rome. The dead bodies were found on board at the time of the rescue, a coast guard spokeswoman said…

BNP wants the government to hold a fresh and inclusive election and it should not be a midterm poll, party spokesperson Asaduzzaman Ripon said yesterday. “Question of holding a midterm election comes, when a government holds an election to examine its popularity before ending its tenure,”…

Investigators probing missing flight MH370 collected more metallic debris on an Indian Ocean island yesterday as Malaysia urged authorities in the region to be on alert for wreckage washing up on their shores, reports AFP from Saint-André, France. Locals on La Reunion island have been combing…

The third successive day in the 2nd Test between Bangladesh and South Africa was washed out by downpour at Sher-e-Bangla Nat’l Cricket Stadium yesterday, ruling out any chance of a result of the match. The fifth and final day, scheduled to start 9.30am today will be a mere formality if the play…

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has been awarded a prize for global statesmanship, reports The Independent, UK. Jong-un  is to receive the award from the Bali-based Sukarno Centre. The news was announced by the daughter of Indonesia’s founding president, after whom the award is named. Rachmawati…