The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday stayed for six weeks a High Court order staying the recruitment processes of state-owned Sonali, Rupali and Janata banks for six months. In response to a government plea, the chamber judge of the Appellate Division Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain stayed…

A colorful cultural programme will be held at the Army Stadium in the city today marking the completion of four years of the incumbent government, reports BSS. The Ministry of Cultural Affairs is organizing the programme from 4 pm to 11pm with the theme "Pitar Swapne Kanyar Ahbane Koti Manusher…

US President Donald Trump is open to the US holding talks with North Korea “under the right circumstances,” the White House said Wednesday after South Korean President Moon Jae-In signalled a willingness to sit down with Kim Jong-Un, reports AFP from Washington. Signs of a potential cooling…

Israeli authorities have approved more than 1,100 new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, the Peace Now NGO said yesterday, the latest in a raft of such moves in recent months, reports AFP from Jerusalem. The approvals were given on Wednesday by a defence ministry committee with authority over…

The first phase of the Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of the Muslim community after the Holy Hajj will begin today (Friday) on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi, in Gazipur city. The local administration and the Ijtema management committee have made all preparations to hold the Ijtema…

Three suspected forest robbers were killed in a 'gunfight' with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Sukhpara Char area under Swarankhola range of the Sundarbans yesterday morning, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Md Jakaria Sarder, 30, Md Julfikar Sheikh, 35, and Md Khokon…