Three members of Bangladesh Ansar and VDP were killed in a road accident at Surabai on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway under Habiganj sadar upazila yesterday. The accident took place when a Srimangal-bound bus carrying members of the ansar and VDP force collided head-on with a truck coming from opposite direction…

The Posts and Telecommunications Division is going to organize a meeting of all CEOs of mobile phone companies  on biometric SIM registration today (Wednesday). The state minister for posts and telecommunications, Tarana Halim, will be in the chair. The state minister has called the meeting, to…

Pope Francis yesterday approved sainthood for Mother Teresa, the missionary nun who became a global if controversial symbol of compassion for her care…

The first of Moscow's warplanes landed back in Russia from Syria on Tuesday at the start of a surprise withdrawal that diplomats hope will boost a new round of peace talks by pressuring the Damascus regime, reports AFP from Moscow. UN peace envoy Staffan de Mistura described the pullout as a "significant…

The BNP will finalise its draft amendment to the party constitution for the enlargement of its central bodies within a day or two, sources said. The aim behind the move is to place it before the national council on March 19 for approval. The party is also planning to hold its closed-door meeting of…

A man of the Shiite Muslim community was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants in Nimtala area of Kaliganj upazila in Jhenidah on Monday night. The man was identified as Abdur Razzaque, 42, son of late Hashem Ali Khan of Krishi Office Para. The victim was a Shia preacher and a homoepath doctor…