A Supreme Court (SC) advocate yesterday sent a legal notice to the government, asking it to appoint the Chief Justice and more judges for the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the apex court from among lawyers within 72 hours. The notice came in the backdrop of an acute crisis of judges in the SC…

The BNP has alleged that a conspiracy is being hatched to convict party chairperson Khaleda Zia. It has urged people, party leaders and activists to raise their voices against the conspiracy. “The government is hatching a conspiracy to convict Khaleda Zia. Let’s resist the move,” said…

The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday demolished a pandal set up illegally inside Anwara Park (popularly known as Farmgate Park) for a religious programme next month. DNCC officials said Kutubbagh Darbar Sharif (KDS) had been organising a month-long Urs Sharif by illegally occupying the…

Saudi Arabian women will be able to drive trucks and motorcycles, officials have said three months after the kingdom announced a historic decision to end a ban on women driving, reports AFP from  Riyadh. In September, King Salman issued a decree saying women will be able to drive from next June…

At least eight people were killed and 30 wounded when two suicide bombers attacked a church in Pakistan during a service yesterday, just over a week before…

Information provided by the CIA helped Russian security services foil an attack on St Petersburg's Kazan cathedral, BBC reports quoting the Kremlin. The attack was allegedly planned to take place on Saturday, officials say. In a phone call, President Vladimir Putin thanked Donald Trump for the CIA's…