Dense fog formed on the Padma early yesterday, disrupting the movement of ferry boats plying across the width of the river between Daulatdia and Paturia for eight hours. Five boats were stranded mid-river, causing long tailbacks on both sides of the river. BIWTC sources said that the ferry services…

Two men armed with a grenade and at least one gun hijacked a Libyan plane with 117 people on board yesterday and diverted it to Malta before releasing everyone and surrendering, AFP reports quoting officials. The Afriqiyah Airways Airbus A320 was en route from Sabha in southern Libya to the capital…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday appeared to cosy up to US President-elect Donald Trump while stamping his authority as the key powerbroker in Syria, reports AFP from Moscow. At his annual end-of-year press conference, the confident Kremlin strongman praised Trump for tapping into the public…

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed  yesterday congratulated US President-elect Donald Trump for his statement that Washington will quit the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal on his first day at the White House. “I congratulate the US president-elect for his stance that Washington will…