A majority of Americans oppose Donald Trump’s controversial plan to ban Muslims from entering the United States, but one in four supports it, according to the first major national poll since the furore erupted, reports AFP. The frontrunner for the Republican nomination for the White House triggered…

After her meeting with her party’s policymakers, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to sit with her party’s other senior leaders on Saturday night to work out strategies for the December-30 municipal polls. The meeting is scheduled to start at 8pm at the BNP chief’s Gulshan office…

Prime Minister's ICT Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy today called for forging a national unity of pro-liberation forces through upholding the "Joy Bangla" slogan for a developed Bangladesh, reports BSS. "All pro-liberation forces have to be united forgetting any internal division... It is…

An accused, who was remanded in a case filed over trafficking of women for prostitution, escaped police custody from Pallabi Police Station in the capital on Thursday night. A sub-inspector, who is also the investigation officer of the case, was temporarily suspended for his negligence in duty over…

A massive Taliban car bomb and gunfire rocked Kabul's diplomatic quarter Friday in a deadly assault near the Spanish embassy, officials said, the latest in a string of high-profile insurgent attacks, reports AFP. At least one person -- a Spanish policeman -- was confirmed dead in the ongoing attack,…

One of China's richest men, Guo Guangchang, has been detained by police, reports BBC. His company, Fosun International, confirmed on Friday that he was assisting authorities with an investigation. The confirmation followed reports that he had gone missing. Financial magazine Caixin said that staff…