India successfully put a record 104 satellites from a single rocket into orbit yesterday in the latest triumph for its famously frugal space programme, reports AFP from Sriharikota. Celebrations erupted among scientists at the southern spaceport of Sriharikota as the head of India’s Space Research…

The SIM (Subscribers Identification Module) card of Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, slain wife of former superintendent of police (SP) Babul Akter, was recovered…

The charge-sheet in the Awami League (AL) leader FF Farook Ahmed murder case was not submitted in court yesterday. It was deferred for the third time.  The prime accused, AL MP Alhaj Amanur Rahman Khan Rana, could not be produced before the court as he was unwell. The date has been shifted to March…

BNP yesterday warned that there will be no election in the country if its chairperson Khaleda Zia is sent to jail by convicting her in 'false' cases, reports UNB. “We would like to clearly say if Khaleda Zia is sent to jail by punishing her in false cases, no election will be held in the…

A series of suicide attacks killed six in Pakistan yesterday, unnerving citizens whose growing sense of security has been shaken by multiple blasts this week, reports AFP from Peshawar. The latest assault happened in Peshawar, said police, after a bomber rode a motorcycle into a van carrying a judge…

Australian scientists have mapped the molecular structure of a protein that shields superbugs from antibiotics, reports BBC for Sydney. It could help…

State Minister for Labour and Employment Mujibul Haque Chunnu yesterday told parliament that the government considers launching mobile courts against child labour in the country, reports UNB.s "This is under consideration of the Labour and Employment Ministry," he said replying to an unstarred…

India's air now rivals China's as the world's deadliest, according to a new study published Tuesday amid warnings that efforts to curb pollution from coal will not yield results any time soon, reports AFP from New Delhi. India's notoriously poor air quality causes nearly 1.1 million…