The by-election to the Rangpur-3 parliamentary constituency, which was left vacant following the death of Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad, will be held on October 5. The Election Commission (EC) yesterday announced the poll schedule at a press conference at its Agargaon office in the city. According…

The mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Sayeed Khokon, yesterday was caught off-guard by journalists at the DSCC budget press conference after he failed to stand by his claims over road condition under his jurisdiction. This incident sparked controversy at the press conference—held at…

The leader of a notorious Rohingya robber gang, also an accused in Juba League leader Faruk murder case, was killed in a reported gunfight with police…

US forces attacked jihadist leaders in northwestern Syria on Saturday, the Pentagon said, in what a battlefield monitor called a missile strike that left at least 40 dead. The US strike came as renewed Syrian regime bombardment of Idlib province killed one civilian in a first violation of a Russian-backed…

A gunman hijacked a US postal truck and opened fire at random in the US state of Texas Saturday, shooting dead at least five people and wounding many…

Protesters wielding pro-democracy placards and EU flags rallied on Saturday in dozens of British cities against Prime Minister Boris Johnson's controversial move to suspend parliament just weeks before Brexit. In the biggest demonstration, thousands of whistle-blowing, drum-banging people gathered…