The Cabinet yesterday approved the draft of Ridesharing Service Guideline, 2017 to bring the app-based transport services under a legal framework, reports UNB. The guideline with only eight articles has been framed to regulate the app-based transport services with private cars, motor cycles, jeeps,…

Around 2,000 teachers and employees of MPO-listed educational institutions went on a fast unto death in front of the Jatiya Press Club yesterday …

At least nine people including four Pakistani soldiers were killed in fighting in disputed Kashmir yesterday, India and Pakistan said, reports AFP from Srinagar, India. The Pakistani army said four of its soldiers and three Indian troops had been killed in an exchange of fire across the heavily militarised…

Jacob tower, a 225-foot high watch tower meant for the tourists who want to look around the lush green island rich in eco-tourism, wildlife, greens and…

Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called for the elimination of jihadist “sleeper cells” yesterday after a twin suicide bombing killed 31 people in Baghdad in the second such attack in three days, reports AFP from Baghdad. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but most…

Team leader of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) field hospital at Ghundhum in Cox’s bazar has been suspended for misbehaving with two upazila nirbahi officers (UNOs, reports UNB. Nuran Hinggs, an Australian citizen, also left the country early yesterday as directed…