The much-awaited Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral by-election will be held tomorrow (Thursday). All mayoral hopefuls have already finished their campaigns to woo voters yesterday. A total of five mayoral hopefuls, including Awami League (AL)-nominated candidate Atiqul Islam, will contest…

Relatives of the deceased and the missing persons are still passing hard times as they are yet to know anything regarding their dear ones. Almost one week has passed since the devastating fire in Chawkbazar, which has so far claimed 69 lives. After Monday, another victim of the Chawkbazar fire succumbed…

A suspected drug trader and an alleged robber were killed in separate gunfights with police in Kushtia and Barishal districts early yesterday. In Kushtia, a suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Adarbaria Chochua bil in Kumarkhali upazila. The deceased was identified…

Unicef Executive Director (ED) Henrietta Fore has sought support from everyone across the world for the Rohingya children who are living in Cox's Bazar district. "We need everyone's help. Children have to have a chance for something that is safe, clean and hygienic," she said in a…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump arrived in Hanoi yesterday, ahead of a second summit closely watched for concrete steps…

Australian Cardinal George Pell, one of Pope Francis' closest advisors, has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two choirboys, becoming the most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted of child sex crimes. An Australian jury unanimously found Pell guilty in December on one count of sexual abuse…