The United States yesterday hoped that the partnership between Dhaka and Washington would continue to expand towards ‘new directions’ in 2016 strengthening the bilateral ties further, reports UNB. “We expect that the US-Bangladeshi partnership will continue to expand towards new directions…

The Bangladesh Railway (BR) will run 28 special trains for devotees willing to attend Bishwa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims worldwide, which will be held in two phases from January 8 to 10 and January 15 to 17 on the banks of the Turag at Tongi. Besides, the Bangladesh Road Transport…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday urged his Pakistani counterpart to take “firm and immediate action” against those behind an attack on an Indian air force base that left seven soldiers dead, reports AFP from New Delhi. Modi’s office said New Delhi had given Islamabad “specific…

Barisal City Corporation Panel Mayor and BNP leader Alhajj KM Shahidullah was detained from his house in the city by members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) yesterday. Sources said members of RAB-8 picked him up from his house in Alekanda area behind Barisal Medical College at about 3pm and took…

Two inmates, including a war crimes accused, died in Kashimpur High Security Central jail in Gazipur yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Mohammad Zinnat Ali alias Zinnat, a war crimes accused of  Maheshkhali upazila in Cox’s Bazar district, and Abdul Gafur, a condemned…