Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad returned home from Singapore last night after 16 days of medical treatment in Singapore. According to party sources,…

The High Court (HC) yesterday stayed the candidature of three more BNP candidates as the government has not accepted their resignations as upazila chairmen in their respective areas. The candidates are: Monjur Elahi (Narsingdi-3), Faruk Ahmed Kabir (Gaibandha-4) and Abdul Aziz (Natore-4). The vacation…

"This fire has burned 4,000 years and never stopped," says Aliyeva Rahila. "Even the rain coming here, snow, wind -- it never stops burning."…

US Customs and Border Protection announced medical checks on all children in its custody following the death of an eight-year-old Guatemalan migrant -- the second child fatality in American detention this month. Guatemala called for an investigation into the boy's death and some US lawmakers angrily…

Israeli authorities have advanced plans for nearly 2,200 settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, the Peace Now NGO said Wednesday, the first such approvals since snap polls were called earlier this week. A defence ministry committee with responsibility for such projects on Tuesday and Wednesday…

The curtain is set to fall on campaign tomorrow morning, 48 hours before the voting in the 11thparliamentary elections begins at 8am on Sunday. The Election Commission has already asked returning officers and authorities concerned to take necessary measures so that no one can conduct electioneering…