BNP yesterday alleged that a 19-member Awami League delegation went to India as part of the party's 'desperate move' to hold another 'lopsided' general election in the country with interference by others, reports UNB. Speaking at a press conference at the party's Nayapaltan central…

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday blamed “a lack of political will” to finish the trial process of the Rana Plaza collapse case that has been pending for five years. TIB also recommended the formation of a speedy trial tribunal for disposal of the case. “It was…

Former information minister M Shamsul Islam died yesterday due to old age complications at a city hospital. He was 87, reports BSS. Shamsul Islam, also…

Ibn Sina Trust, owner of the Ibn Sina Hospital, has decided to sell off all its shares in Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd., which is largest private bank in the country. In an announcement published in the Dhaka Stock Exchange website yesterday. the trust said that it has expressed intention to sell its…

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he may have failed in efforts to persuade Donald Trump to retain an international nuclear deal with Iran, reports…

A Pakistan court yesterday disqualified Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif for violating the country's election laws, in another major blow to the ruling party as it prepares for nationwide polls due later this year, reports AFP from Islamabad. The ruling by the Islamabad High Court was the latest in…

Director General (DG) of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) KK Sharma yesterday said no Bangladeshi national was killed this year along Indo-Bangla border till to date as his force started maintaining non-lethal strategy, reports UNB. Though the non-lethal strategy has proved extremely successful in…