Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced yesterday he has agreed to suspend construction of a controversial US military base on Okinawa, a rare conciliatory…

Leader Kim Jong-Un has ordered North Korea’s nuclear arsenal to be readied for pre-emptive use at any time, in an expected escalation of military…

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members have arrested 14 members of an international cheating gang, including 12 foreigners, from different areas of the capital, reports UNB. Lt Commander Shoib, second-in-command of RAB-1, said a team of the battalion arrested two Bangladeshi nationals -- Mamun Mukarram,…

The nomination papers of Khaleda Zia and her eldest son Tarique Rahman to contest the election to the posts of BNP chairperson and vice chairman respectively were submitted on Friday, reports UNB. Khaleda and Tarique are set to retain their current posts unopposed as no one else filed nomination as…

Noting that the political situation had forced Jatiya Party to join the Awami League-led grand alliance, its co-chairman GM Quader yesterday said the time for the politics of compromise is now over, reports UNB. The JP leader came up the remarks while speaking at the biennial conference of Khulna city…