The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday directed the government to appoint an engineer to assess the present value of the land of Moon Cinema hall. It also asked the government to submit the assessment report within six weeks. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed…

Unidentified miscreants reportedly demanded money from all the union parishad (UP) chairmen in Sharsha upazila of Jesssore district, cloning the mobile phone number of upazila nirbahi officer (UNO), reports UNB. Upazila administration sources said the miscreants made phone calls to the chairmen after…

BNP yesterday claimed that the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) in its annual report depicted Bangladesh’s ‘true’ human rights scenario, though the party thinks the real situation is ‘more awful’, reports UNB. “BNP thinks the real scenario is more terrible than the…

The pre-registration of interested hajj pilgrims for the year of 2017 under the government management began yesterday, said Religious Affairs Minister Principal Motiur Rahman, reports UNB. The Religious Affairs Minister came up with the information while talking to reporters after inaugurating the online…

France warned yesterday of “serious consequences” if Donald Trump moves to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital as representatives from 70 countries met in Paris to try to revive stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, reports AFP from Paris. Neither Israel nor the Palestinians…

Flip-flops bearing the face of India’s independence icon Mahatma Gandhi for sale on Amazon triggered fresh outrage yesterday, days after the e-retail giant was forced to stop selling Indian flag doormats, reports Al Jazeera. On Wednesday, India demanded Amazon apologise for selling “insulting”…