A High Court (HC) bench yesterday said that it would consider BNP chairperson Khalesa Zia's bail plea in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case after getting the case documents from the lower court. This has effectively prevented the possiblity of early bail for Khaleda. After admitting the BNP chairperson's…

Four young men have been arrested for allegedly raping a female readymade garments worker in Ashulia, on the outskirts of capital Dhaka. According to locals, the victim and her husband were attacked by unidentified men in Kandail area of Savar. The attackers beat up the husband and tied him to a tree…

Two suspected drug dealers and two alleged robbers were killed in separate 'gunfights' in Cox's Bazar, Sirajganj and Madaripur districts early yesterday. In Cox's Bazar, two suspected pirates were killed in a reported gunfight between rival gangs at Fateh Ali Shikderpara Bila in Kutubdia.…

Salman F Rahman, prime minister’s adviser on private industries and investment, yesterday urged Bangladeshi young people and business leaders to prepare themselves for the challenges of the forthcoming Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). He also said the challenges to be posed by 4IR would be…

'Fani', now classified as a 'very severe cyclonic storm', has intensified further, the Met Office said yesterday. It now lies over Southwest Bay and adjoining Southeast Bay. 'Fani' was centred about 1,275 km Southwest of Chattogram port, 1,215km Southwest of Cox's Bazar port,…

US President Donald Trump has directed his administration to charge fees for asylum claims and handle cases within 180 days, the White House said in a statement Monday night. The announcement came as Trump blasted what he described as the United States' "weak, ineffective and dangerous"…

Pictures of a "Yeti footprint" the Indian Army posted on social media triggered a barrage of jokes yesterday. "For the first time, an #IndianArmy…

Sri Lankan authorities have identified 42 foreign nationals among the 253 people killed in the string of Easter suicide bombings, officials said yesterday. Another 12 foreigners remain unaccounted for and could be among still unidentified bodies at Colombo's police morgue, foreign ministry officials…