Two people were killed in alleged gunfights with the law enforcers in Laxmipur and Savar, on the outskirts of the capital yesterday, UNB reports. In Savar, a leader of BNP’ youth wing Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Birulia early yesterday.   The…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will brief the media today on her recent visits to the US and Canada. The briefing will be held at the premier’s official residence Gana Bhaban at 4pm, says a press release signed by the prime minister's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim. The premier returned home…

The BNP has decided to stage demonstrations protesting the issuance of a warrant of arrest against its Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman in a sedition case. According to the party decision, it will stage demonstration in the capital today and elsewhere across the country tomorrow. BNP standing committee…

Hillary Clinton has pulled ahead of presidential rival Donald Trump in a new national poll out Friday, just days after her strong showing in the first televised debate, AFP from Washington. The Democrat and former secretary of state bested her Republican rival by three percentage points in a Fox News…

London’s iconic Tower Bridge was closed to vehicles for three months yesterday for its first major maintenance works in nearly half a century, reports…