BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday branded the government as treacherous one, saying it is covertly indulging in anti-state activities, reports UNB. “They file cases against others on charge of treason. But, I want to say this government is secretly doing many things against the country which…

In a written order, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has directed the government to form a high-powered six-member committee led by a professor of BUET within 15 days to identify water bodies on the premises of Eastern Housing Limited’s Aftab Nagar-Banasree Project. It also asked the…

The Supreme Court yesterday fixed August 1 for hearing BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s two separate leave-to-appeal petitions against a High Court order that rejected her two revision petitions seeking cancellation of the lower court order rejecting her two petitions in the Zia Charitable Trust…

Campaigning for next week’s EU referendum in Britain was suspended yesterday after a pro-European lawmaker was reportedly shot and injured in her constituency in northern England, reports AFP from London. Jo Cox, 41, a mother-of-two who represents the opposition Labour party, was left bleeding…

A Chittagong court yesterday granted bail to ruling Awami League (AL) lawmaker Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury, MP, after he surrendered before it in a case filed against him for assaulting an election official. The court also granted bail to Banshkhali upzila Awami Olama League President Moulovi Akhter…

Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud yesterday told parliament that the Teesta water sharing agreement will be signed soon with India to ensure the equal share of water of the common river, reports UNB. "The framework of interim agreement of Teesta water sharing has already been finalised.…