The Cabinet Purchase Committee yesterday approved a $12.65 billion contract with Russia to build a 2400-MW Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant. The approval came at a meeting of the cabinet body held with Finance Minister AMA Muhith in the chair. On December 15, the government finalised the biggest ever investment…

US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat yesterday appreciated the ‘amazing’ and ‘continued cooperation’ by the police and other authorities here for foreigners’ safety, reports UNB. She, however, said security is something that no one can ever feel ‘completely satisfied’…

Bangladesh will face an acid test in their opener in the eleventh edition of SAFF Suzuki Championship when they will take on the reigning champions and also one of the top contenders Afghanistan today at the Trivandrum Stadium, Kerala. The match will start at 7pm (BST). Bangladesh, who were inserted…

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, have been tying to emerge as militants but they cannot due to the active role of law enforcement agencies, reports UNB. “If we analyse the background of the arrested militants,…

A Supreme Court Lawyer yesterday sent a legal notice to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia asking her to seek unconditional apology from the nation for raising question about the figures of Liberation War martyrs, reports UNB. SC lawyer Adv Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed, also an executive member of Awami League, sent…

The High Court (HC) yesterday directed the Election Commission (EC) to accept the nomination of Awami League (AL) rebel candidate Ahsan Habib Pranjol for Kachua municipality’s mayoral election in Chandpur. In response to a writ petition, an HC vacation bench, comprising Justice SM Emdadul Hoque…

The ringleader of a forest robber gang was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Panir Khal area of the Sundarbans East Zone in Sarankhola upazila of Bagerhat yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Sagir Bhandari, 35, the ringleader of robber gang…

A head constable of Delhi Police was killed and three others were injured when four armed assailants opened fire inside a courtroom at Karkardooma Court Complex in east Delhi yesterday, reports the Hindustan Times. The incident occurred around 11.15am when a criminal, who has more than 100 cases against…