Dhaka was ranked fourth worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) yesterday morning. Dhaka had a score of 165 at 10:44am, indicating that the air quality was unhealthy. A numerical value between 151 and 200 indicates that everyone may begin to experience health effects. Members of sensitive groups may experience…

In a veiled attack on BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the killers and money launderers must be punished.  "There's no mercy to the killers and money launderers. The nation won't forgive them, no matter where they hide in and whatever…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to return home tomorrow wrapping up her 10-day official visit to the United Kingdom (UK). A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage members will depart Heathrow International Airport in London for Dhaka at 6pm (local…

Jatiya Party (JP) yesterday inducted eight of its party leaders into the presidium, the top policymaking body. Party Chairman HM Ershad made the announcement yesterday through an administrative directive. The eight inducted JP leaders are: former minister Syed Didar Bakht, businessman Kazi Mamunur Rashid,…

Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the national flag carrier, formed a six-member committee yesterday to investigate the crash landing of one of its flights at Myanmar's Yangon Airport on Wednesday. The committee is headed by chief of flight safety Captain Shoeb Chwodhury, said Biman General Manager (Public…

After relentless diplomatic pressure and global outrage, fallen democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi finally decided that a pardon for two Myanmar journalists jailed for reporting on a Rohingya massacre was the only way to resolve an issue that has dogged her government for nearly 18 months. Observers say…

Venezuelan intelligence agents Wednesday detained a senior leader of the opposition-dominated National Assembly, the first arrest of a lawmaker since the failed uprising against President Nicolas Maduro last week. Edgar Zambrano said agents had towed him and his car to prison after he refused to get…

North Korea welcomed a US envoy's visit to Seoul by firing two missiles yesterday, the South's military said, in Pyongyang's second launch in less than a week as it seeks to up the ante in deadlocked nuclear negotiations with Washington. It came after North Korea carried out a military drill…