Unplanned urbanisation may lead to heavy casualties from even a medium-type earthquake in Bangladesh. The country is considered one of the most vulnerable to quakes across the world, given its geographical location, global warming and climate change. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s political adviser,…

New Zealand short-ball maestro Neil Wagner believed a result in the rain-affected second Test against Bangladesh was still “definitely possible”…

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (Berc) will begin its four-day public hearing today on the proposals placed by different entities for hiking gas prices as per instruction of the government. The hearing will begin at the city's TCB auditorium at 10 pm. According to sources at the energy watchdog,…

Leading women business leaders and entrepreneurs yesterday underscored the need for full inclusion of women in the country’s fast-paced development to achieve the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)-5 related to gender equality and women empowerment. They said Bangladesh has…

Whether her Brexit deal passes parliament or not this week, British Prime Minister Theresa May's days are numbered, experts have said. The Conservative leader has in the past won praise for her determination and ability to survive what has often felt like one long political crisis since the 2016…

India announced yesterday a general election to be held over nearly six weeks starting on April 11, when hundreds of millions of voters will cast ballots in the world's biggest democracy. The poll will see right-wing Prime Minister Narendra Modi run for a second term against Rahul Gandhi of the…

Two more women from the UK who are being held in Syrian camps with their young children have been stripped of their citizenship, a report says. It comes after the death in a Syrian camp of the baby son of Shamima Begum, who left London to join Islamic State and had her UK citizenship revoked. The Sunday…