A listed top criminal was killed in a crossfire between police and his cohorts early yesterday at Pahardanga village under Kalia Upazila of Narail. One shutter gun, four rounds of bullets and two machetes were seized from the spot while four policemen were injured, said police. The deceased was identified…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit India to attend a summit of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) member states on the sidelines of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit, to be held in Goa on October 15 and 16, Indian…

The International Olympic Committee on Sunday ordered individual sports federations to decide whether Russian competitors should take part in the Rio Games after failing to agree on a complete ban over Russia's state-run doping, reports AFP from Geneva. The IOC executive decided that any Russian…

Nepal’s KP Sharma Oli resigned as prime minister yesterday, minutes before facing a no-confidence motion in parliament he was certain to lose, plunging the impoverished nation into fresh turmoil, reporsts AFP from Kathmandu. His political rivals, former Maoist rebels, called for the vote against…

US Democrats converge on the City of Brotherly Love to elevate Hillary Clinton this coming week as the party’s nominee who will battle Republican Donald Trump in 2016’s presidential election, AFP from Philadelphia. The Democratic National Convention gavels in on Monday in Philadelphia with…

Khalequzzaman of Uttar Baridhara converted a penalty in the second half to make an upset defeating the title contenders Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra by a solitary goal yesterday. Held at the MA Aziz Stadium in the day’s second match, in a bid to fight for the championship, the reining runners-up…