BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said all the parties, except the ruling ones, want an election-time neutral government system as fair polls are not possible under a partisan prime minister in Bangladesh's context, reports UNB. "Ruling party leaders are loudly saying…

US President Donald Trump's son has admitted meeting a Russian lawyer last year who, he says, promised to reveal damaging material on Hillary Clinton, reports BBC. But Donald Trump Jr insisted that Natalia Veselnitskaya had provided "no meaningful information" on his father's rival…

Iraqi security forces are clearing the final pockets of resistance by Islamic State militants in the city of Mosul, reports BBC. Prime Minister Haider…

The Cabinet yesterday approved two proposals for observing the 9th December as the International Anti-Corruption Day while 6th April as the International Sports Day, reports UNB. The approval was given at the regular weekly meeting of the cabinet held at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh…

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is likely to go to London any day between Wednesday and Saturday for treatment of her eyes and legs and to meet family members, including her elder son, Tarique Rahman, according to party insiders. There was a visa-related problem for Khaleda's personal aide, Fatema,…

A group of unruly students identifying themselves as members of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) demanded a large sum of money and allegedly beat up the principal of Alokdia Amaresh Basu College and ransacked the office in Sadar upazila of Magura on Sunday, reports UNB. On information, police rushed…