The Awami League (AL) is going all-out to ensure victory for its candidate, Selina Hayat Ivy, in the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) election slated for December 22. The top brass of the AL, including party president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is closely monitoring the party's activities.…

Authorities in Ghana have busted a fake US embassy in the capital, Accra, run by a criminal network that for a decade issued illegally obtained authentic visas, the US State Department has said, reports Al Jazeera. Until it was shut down this summer, the sham embassy was housed in a run-down, pink two-storey…

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to become the first Japanese leader to visit Pearl Harbor, announcing yesterday a trip to Hawaii this month for talks with…

Forces loyal to Libya’s UN-backed government said yesterday they had seized full control of the city of Sirte from the Islamic State group, dealing a major blow to the jihadists, reports AFP from Tripoli. The battle for the city, which was the last significant territory held by IS in Libya, took…

The state-owned energy company Petrobangla will sign an initial with Posco Daewoo International Corporation, a South Korean company, within this week to conduct exploration at deep sea gas Block No. 12 in the Bay of Bengal. The initial will be signed under the Speedy Supply of Power and Energy (Special…

Following its evaluation of the detailed project plan (DPP) of the country’s biggest ever project—the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project, worth Tk. 1,13,092 crore—the Planning Commission has recommended approval of the much-hyped project. It will be tabled before the Executive Committee…