Convicted ruling Awami League lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi was released from jail yesterday night, hours after the Supreme Court upheld a High Court order that had granted him six months interim bail in the graft case. The Cox’s Bazar-4 constituency MP was released from Kashimpur Central Jail -2…

Iraqi civilians who escaped from the Islamic State group stronghold of Mosul said jihadists forced them from their villages and drove them “like…

US President-elect Donald Trump meets a slate of potential cabinet members at his golf club yesterday, including Chris Christie, indicating he remains supportive of the New Jersey governor after booting him from the transition team, reports AFP from Bedminster, United States. The 70-year-old Republican…

The High Court (HC) yesterday issued a rule asking Chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Kazi Reazul Haque to explain under which legal authority he has been performing the duties of the NHRC Chairman, reports UNB. A two-member HC bench comprising Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice…

Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad has said that his party would not participate in the forthcoming District Council(DC) polls, terming the election ‘meaningless’. However, the Jatiya Party was preparing to contest the next general election, Ershad declared  at a city convention centre…