The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday directed the Freedom Fighters’ Welfare Trust to compensate Tk 99 crore to the owner of then Moon Cinema Hall by July 30. Moon Cinema, which was located in Waize Ghat Road area of the capital, was handed over to the Freedom Fighters’ Welfare…

A road blockade by students of seven colleges affiliated with Dhaka University (DU) led to a traffic gridlock at the New Market intersection and nearby streets for three hours yesterday. The protest by over 500 students was held to demand the announcement of their exam results immediately. Sources said…

Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif has said that Bangladesh was involved in sabotaging a South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Conference (SAARC) head of states conference in Pakistan, Express News, Pakistan reports. The Pakistan foreign minister was responding to the questions of the…

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said action would be taken against those involved in a clash in Naryanganj on Tuesday, which saw a ruling party cadre…

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has published the photographs of the two persons killed in the raid on a militant hideout at Nakhalpara on January 12. Mufti Mahmud Khan, director (legal and media wing) of RAB, told The Independent: "We're absolutely sure that the pictures we published are…

US President Donald Trump has denied that the US embassy in Israel will move to Jerusalem within a year, contradicting a statement made earlier by Israeli Premier Benyamin Netanyahu during a trip to India, reports ANSA from Tel Aviv. Speaking to news agency Reuters from Washington a few hours after…

Fifty-two people were killed yesterday when the Russia-bound bus they were travelling on caught fire in Kazakhstan, the central Asian nation’s emergency…

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said all the police stations would come under digital technology for identifying crime and its perpetrators, reports BSS. "Police Headquarters, Central Investigation Department (CID), Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI)…