A suicide bomber blew himself up near a cricket stadium in the Afghan capital Kabul yesterday, killing three people including a policeman and wounding five others, police said, reports AFP from Kabul. The attacker detonated the bomb after he was stopped at a security checkpoint by suspicious police…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told Parliament yesterday that the government is investigating allegations against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s family members and BNP leaders of laundering around Tk. 1,200 crore. The Bangladesh Bank department that looks into money-laundering is investigating the…

North Korea vowed Wednesday to accelerate its weapons programmes in response to "evil" sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council following its latest and most powerful nuclear test, reports AFP from Seoul. The respected 38 North website in the US raised its estimate for the yield from the…

An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was allegedly stabbed dead by opponents at Lamapara in Shibganj of Sylhet yesterday. The deceased was identified as Jakaria Md Masum, 22, an activist of BCL Surma group, reports UNB. Some BCL activists of BCL general secretary Raihan Chowdhury's group…