The BNP may share 60-70 seats among allies in both the Oikyafront and 20-party alliance though they are demanding about 100 seats of the total 300 constituencies. The party will field candidates basing on the prospects of the candidates concerned, according to party insiders. The partners in the 20-party…

The sale and submission of nomination papers of ruling Awami League for the 11th parliamentary elections will end today. The national general election is set to be held on December 23.  The AL office secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap told The Independent that the sale and submission of their party nomination…

The head of investigations at the Turkish Daily Sabah newspaper has told Al Jazeera that Jamal Khashoggi's last words were "I'm suffocating ... Take this bag off my head, I'm claustrophobic", according to an audio recording from inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Khashoggi,…

A hospital capable of providing medical facilities to about 1.4 lakh Rohingyas has been opened in Cox’s Bazar. The hospital was built with the financial assistance from the Big Heart Foundation, a humanitarian NGO based in Sharjah of the United Arab Emirates in collaboration with the Medicines…

Jatiya Party (JaPa) yesterday started selling nomination forms to aspirant candidates for the 11th parliamentary election on December 23. JaPa chairman HM Ershad kicked off the programme at Emmanuelle’s Convention Centre in the city by buying forms for three parliamentary constituencies—Dhaka–17,…

World leaders gathered in Paris will lead global commemorations yesterday to mark 100 years since the end of World War I at a time of growing nationalism and diplomatic tensions. Around 70 leaders including US and Russian Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will mark the centenary of the 1918…