Awami League ministers yesterday alleged that the USA is trying to enter Bangladesh saying that the Islamic State (IS) is present in this country. They said a deep-rooted conspiracy is being hatched against the country in a bid to make it a failed state. There is no presence of the IS or any terrorist…

The chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council and president of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti (PCJSS), Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma alias Santu Larma, yesterday (Saturday) warned that the CHT situation was spinning out of control. He said the government would have to take…

A Bogra court yesterday placed three people on remand for their suspected link to a gun attack on a Shiite mosque that killed a muazzin at Shibganj upazila in Bogra on Thursday night. Bogra Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Shyam Sundar Roy granted the remand after police placed the arrestees before…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Russia not to “play with fire” after reports emerged that Turkish businessmen had been detained in Russia, reports Al Jazeera. Moscow said it would suspend visa-free travel with Turkey, and its tourism agency head announced on Friday it will ask…