Ruling Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said talks can be held with its arch rival, the BNP, if the situation demands in future. “But I cannot see any possibility of holding talks with the BNP ahead of the next general elections,” he said while answering to a query…

Though the party is 'upset' about the Prime Minister's statement on the next general election, BNP yesterday said it is still confident that a meaningful solution to the crisis over the polls can be found though talks in a congenial atmosphere, reports UNB. "People have got frustrated,…

Forest officials and Rapid Action Battalion in a joint drive detained three smugglers and recovered 494 turtles while being smuggled for the pet trade…

The three-day first phase of Biswa Ijtema will end today with the Akheri Munajat on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi, reports UNB. Hafez Mohammad Zubayer, the Imam of Kakrail Mosque in Dhaka, will conduct the Akheri Munajat to be held at 11am, said the Ijtema organisers. The three-day Ijtema, the…

Africans have reacted angrily after US President Donald Trump reportedly referred to their nations as “shithole countries”, with many accusing the US president of racism and ignorance, reports AFP from Nairobi. Meanwhile, the US ambassador to Panama has quit because he says he is no longer…

Iran yesterday rejected any modification of its nuclear deal with world powers after US President Donald Trump demanded tough new measures to keep the agreement alive, reports AFP from Tehran. Iran “will not accept any amendments in this agreement, be it now or in the future, and it will not allow…