The Awami League (AL) wants the next general election to be inclusive with the participation of all political parties, especially its arch-rival BNP, to make the polls acceptable to all, sources in the ruling party said. The AL apprehends that if the BNP boycotts the polls again, it would not be acceptable…

The government has decided to observe a one-minute blackout programme on the night of March 25 to mark Mass Killing Day, a black day in Bangladesh’s history. The blackout will be observed from 9 pm to 9.01pm across the country, home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal told reporters. “We are…

Indian authorities have suspended two doctors and launched an investigation after a patient's severed leg was used as a pillow to prop up his head, AFP reports from New Delhi quoting a hospital official yesterday. Administrators at the government-run hospital in Uttar Pradesh state vowed "strict…

The third span of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge (PMB) was installed on Pillars 7C 39 and 40 and the fourth span of the PMB will be set up soon, PMB project…

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe led a sombre ceremony yesterday as Japan marked the seventh anniversary of a deadly earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated its northeastern coast and left around 18,500 people dead or missing, reports AFP from Tokyo. The magnitude 9.0 quake -- which struck…