Former Foreign Secretary and Ambassador Faruq Ahmed Choudhury passed away at the capital’s Square Hospitals early Wednesday. He was 84, reports…

Cricket Australia (CA) expressed its desire to play the first Test of the two-Test series between Bangladesh and Australia at the renovated Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) in the next August before the Eid-ul-Azha. The visiting CA delegation proposed to play the second Test at the Zahur…

President Macron has unveiled a gender-balanced cabinet in accordance with an earlier pledge, with 11 of 22 new ministerial posts taken by women, reports BBC. Sylvie Goulard is defence minister while Olympic fencing champion Laura Flessel is sports minister. Bruno Le Maire is economy minister, Gerard…

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday assigned a High Court (HC) bench for hearing the death references and appeals in the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder cases. Talking to this correspondent, Additional Registrar of the HC Sabbir Faiz said that the chief justice has sent the death references…

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that the government is deceiving people about the GDP growth rate with wrong statistics, reports UNB. "People are given wrong statistics to win their support. Awami League is saying the GDP growth rate will hit 7.24 per cent this…

A six-foot-long snake was found hiding under a water cooler in the water filtration plant of Taj Mahal in the Indian city of Agra, reports NDTV. The reptile's presence caused panic among tourists at the 17th century monument, officials said. The snake was safely captured by wildlife experts and…