Twelve people were killed, including seven in Bandarban, and 28 others injured in separate road accidents in Bandarban, Comilla and Tangail districts and Savar upazila yesterday, reports UNB. In Bandarban, seven labourers were killed and eight others injured as a truck plunged into a roadside ditch…

India is building a top-secret facility in southern Karnataka to augment its nuclear power for civilian use as well as increase and upgrade its weapons that could “deeply unsettle” its neighbours, reports The Hindustan Times citing an exhaustive report in international magazine Foreign Policy.…

After initial ambiguity, the Pakistan government confirmed yesterday its participation in a Saudi-led military alliance for ‘fighting terrorism’, but said the scope of its participation would be defined after Riyadh shared the details of the coalition it was assembling, reports The Dawn.…

Jose Mourinho's tumultuous second spell as Chelsea manager has been ended "by mutual consent" after a disastrous start to the season, the English Premier League champions announced yesterday, reports AFP. "His three league titles, FA Cup, Community Shield and three League Cup wins…

The government yesterday launched a salary and pension fixation online system for government employees, aiming to make their salary fixation easier and reduce sufferings in drawing pension, reports UNB. Finance Minister AMA Muhith formally inaugurated the system at the Secretariat. State Minister for…

Police yesterday submitted a chargesheet against 11 people, including Rajshahi unit Jubo Dal convener Anwar Hossain Ujjal, in a case for the killing of Rajshahi University (RU) Prof AKM Shafiul Islam, reports UNB. The other accused are Abdus Samad Pintu, Ariful Islam Manik, Sirajul Islam, Sabuj, Al…

Petrobangla, the state-owned energy company, yesterday invited re-tender for a 2D multi-client seismic survey in the quest for offshore hydrocarbons in the Bay of Bengal. Petrobangla chairman Istiaque Ahmad told The Independent that the government has opened up the re-tender for a seismic survey to…

The government would soon take initiatives for holding the trials of ‘war criminals’ residing in Pakistan, home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said yesterday. “Under the terms of the Simla Agreement signed after the Bangladesh War of Liberation, the trial process of 195 war criminals…