The US Air Force test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile which traveled over 4,000 miles before splashing down in the South Pacific after launching early yesterday from a base in California, reports Fox News. The nuclear-capable missile was unarmed, according to the Air Force, and comes amid…

The Cabinet Committee on Purchase yesterday recommended buying electricity from the proposed 1,600-MW coal-based power plant of Adani Group in the Indian state of Jharkhand at a cost of 8.6 US cents per unit. A copy of the document, obtained by The Independent, shows that the committee has recommended…

An 80-feet long tunnel dug between India and Bangladesh has been found by the Border Security Force, reports NDTV from Kisanganj, Bihar.  The tunnel…

The operation, 'Eagle Hunt', which was launched on a 'militant den' at Shibnagar Trimohoni in Shibganj upazila, has been suspended, reports UNB. The drive was postponed due to technical reason and it was scheduled to resume this morning, said SWAT deputy commissioner Pralay Kumar Joarder.…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested a suspected member of Neo JMB's 'Sarwar-Tamim Group' from Uttara in the capital yesterday morning, reports UNB. Tipped off, a team of RAB-10 arrested Mushfiq Martin Jenny, an 'expert' in improvised explosive device (IED), along with…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit the flood-hit haor areas of the district on Sunday, reports UNB from Sunamganj. Deputy Commissioner of the district Sheikh Rafiqul Islam disclosed this yesterday. An emergency meeting was scheduled to be held at the DC office around 7pm  yesterday to take…

The Indian Cricket Board's hegemony in world cricket came under severe threat yesterday as the richest board was comprehensively out-voted on governance structure and revenue model at the ICC Board Meeting in Dubai, reports PTI. India was checkmated by former BCCI boss Shashank Manohar, who now…