A war of words broke out between the ruling Awami League (AL) and the BNP yesterday over the arrest of senior journalist Shafik Rehman. While road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader insisted that Rehman was part of a conspiracy to abduct and kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s only…

Billionaire Donald Trump and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton won sweeping victories in the New York primary on Tuesday, bolstering their bids to secure the Republican and Democratic nominations for the White House, reports AFP from New York. It was the most decisive New York primary in decades…

India’s government has said it will make “all possible efforts” to get back the Koh-i-Noor diamond, part of the British Crown Jewels,…

A youth died after jumping off a Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) pickup van, in the Veraiderchala area of Sreepur in Gazipur. He was identified as Rasel, 20, son of Mohammad Ali of Gararon in Sreepur. The officer-in-charge of Mawna Highway Police Station, Helalul Islam, said: “Rasel was accused in…

Noting that there is no security of public life these days, Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad yesterday said it is only his party that can ensure peace in the country, reports UNB. “People want to live in a peaceful atmosphere. However, there’s no security of public life in the country.…

Nine more municipalities will go to polls on May 25. The Election Commission (EC) announced the schedule for the polls yesterday.   As per the schedule, aspirants will submit nominations until April 28, the nomination papers will be scrutinised on May 2 and the last date for nomination withdrawal…

Gunmen on motorcycles yesterday shot dead seven policemen guarding a polio vaccination team in Pakistan’s southern port city Karachi, officials said, a brazen attack in the country’s economic hub, reports AFP from Karachi. Feroz Shah, a senior police official told AFP that eight gunmen carried…