The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has started a drive to remove unauthorised billboards from the city after the October 10 deadline. The corporation is now ready to take action against the owners of such illegal hoardings in the city. Executive magistrate Md Shamsul Islam of the DNCC told The…

The legislator was full of outrage when he arrived in the north Indian village days after the killing of a Muslim farmer who was rumoured to have slaughtered cows. A Hindu mob had smashed through the heavy wooden door to the man’s home, then beat him to death with his wife’s sewing machine,…

Turkey on Sunday mourned the killing of at least 95 people in twin suspected suicide bombings on a peace rally in Ankara, its worst ever attack that raised…

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday claimed that the country is passing through a transition period and reiterated his call to work together to face the situation. “We've lost our freedom of expression and right to franchise. Therefore, we call upon the people…

An accused in a case filed under the woman and child repression act fled from Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital while being under treatment in police custody on Saturday night. Jail Source said, Samad Robbani, 25, accused in a woman and child torture case was admitted to ward no 4 of the hospital…

Iraq’s air force has hit a convoy of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a military statement says, reports BBC. The fate of the IS leader was unknown, it said. Hospital sources told Reuters news agency that several IS figures were among the casualties but there was no sign of Baghdadi.…