At least 10 people were killed and 22 others sustained injuries in separate road and train accidents in Cox’s Bazar, Sylhet, Bagerhat, Cumilla, Gaibandha and Rajshahi districts since Thursday night. In Chakaria of Cox’s Bazar, a Star Line bus veered off the road before falling into roadside…

A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Kashiadanga in Hakimpur upazila early yesterday.  The deceased was identified as Kahidul Islam alias Touhidul, 40, of Nashipur village in the upazila. He was wanted in 11 cases including that of robbery, said Senior Assistant Superintendent…

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday completed two years in prison with no immediate sign of her release, despite obtaining bail in almost all the cases…

President Donald Trump said Thursday that the US at his direction has conducted a counter-terrorism operation in Yemen that killed Qassim al-Rimi, an…

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said the government is planning to set up a judicial academy considering the importance of training for judges in the country. The National Judicial Academy will be established at Shibchar upazila of Madaripur district, the minister said. “The judiciary is an…

Dhaka ranked the fourth worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) yesterday both in the morning and evening. The capital had an AQI score of 196 at 08:30am and 177 at 5.50pm. That two value indicates that the air quality in the capital was ‘unhealthy’. Mongolia’s Ulaanbaatar, Pakistan’s…

Indian authorities have arrested two former top elected officials of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir under a controversial law that allows authorities to imprison someone for up to two years without trial, officials said yesterday. Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah were arrested as their six-month-old…

Even as President Donald Trump sharply challenged the faith of his political opponents this week, he was drawing new attention to a religious issue that he’s staked repeated claim to: the global freedom to worship. The day after Trump touted his support for domestic religious liberty in his State…