The High Court (HC) yesterday started hearing on death reference and appeals filed by 10 members of the banned Islamist militant outfit JMB against their…

China warned rivals yesterday against turning the South China Sea into a “cradle of war” and threatened an air defence zone there, after its…

Outgoing British Prime Minister David Cameron urged his successor Theresa May yesterday to maintain close ties with the EU even while negotiating to leave…

The Editors’ Council yesterday said that a combined effort was needed to fight the crisis, which has emerged in the country after the recently militant attack on Hoely Artisan Café in the capital’s Gulshan. The meeting of the Editors’ Council was held at the office of a daily…

The government has cancelled plots allocated to war criminals during the tenure of the BNP-Jamaat led government, housing and public works minister Mosharraf Hossain said yesterday.  “All RAJUK plots that were allocated to war criminals have been cancelled. Some war criminals—I won't…

The UK's new Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday vowed to lead a "one nation" government that works for all not just the "privileged…

Bangladesh has decided to import 500MW electricity from Indian open market in addition to the present import of 500MW power through the Bheramara high voltage grid substation. Bangladesh placed the proposal at a meeting of the Joint Steering Committee (JSC) at a at a city hotel in the capital. Bangladesh…