The government has finalised the draft "Hajj Package-2018" by increasing the air fare to Tk. 13,000 per person amid strong objections from the ministry concerned and the Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB). The religious affairs ministry will place the draft package before the Cabinet…

Sacked Major Syed Mohammad Ziaul Haque, a suspected coordinator of the banned Islamic outfit Ansar-Al-Islam, was directly involved in the killing of blogger and writer Avijit Roy, said Chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit (CTTC) Monirul Islam, reports UNB. He disclosed this while…

Treasury bench MP Abdul Matin Khasru on yesterday criticised Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid for failure to check question paper leak during public examinations saying that Awami League will not shoulder responsibility for the failure of one or two persons, reports UNB. "So many achievements…

US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat yesterday hoped that the next national election will be free, fair and participatory, and laid emphasis on creating conditions to make that happen, reports UNB. "This democracy, this Bangladesh, has held free and fair elections in the past. People know what…

Xi Jinping, China's most powerful leader for decades, could stay in office indefinitely after the Communist Party called for the removal of presidential…

Sridevi, one of India's most celebrated actresses, has died of cardiac arrest in Dubai. She was 54, reports Aljazeera. Family members confirmed to…

A new book containing 100 speeches of Prime Sheikh Hasina is now available at the Amar Ekushey Granthamela-2018 in the capital, reports BSS. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina dedicated the book "Nirbachito 100 Bhashon (2014-2017" to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and…