The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has found the involvement of two persons in the killing of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi. Maasranga…

Tabith Awal, BNP’s mayoral candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), filed a case with Dhaka’s Joint District Judge Court yesterday seeking cancellation of the results of DNCC election held on February 01. Judge Utpal Bhattacharya of the election tribunal accepted the suit and a…

Six people including a child were killed in separate road crashes in Dhaka, Kurigram, Barishal and Magura yesterday. The crashes left five others injured. A security guard was run over and killed by a train in Khilkhet area of the capital yesterday.  sThe deceased was identified as Shahidul Islam…

The Bangladesh Standards & Testing Institution (BSTI) has found harmful chemicals in eight fairness creams. A BSTI press release said they found mercury in six creams among the 13 they tested. They also found both mercury and hydroquinone (a skin-lightening agent) in two creams. All these creams…

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain assigned a High Court bench to hear and dispose of the appeal and death reference of Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case yesterday.…

Rumours of mob attacks across Delhi have made for a tense night in the Indian capital, which is still reeling from the aftermath of deadly riots. On Sunday,…

North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles into its eastern sea yesterday as it begins to resume weapons demonstrations after a months-long hiatus that could have been forced by the coronavirus crisis in Asia. The launches came two days after North Korea’s state media said leader Kim Jong…

Pete Buttigieg, the openly gay US presidential candidate, on Sunday ended his campaign to be the Democratic nominee—giving a major boost to fellow centrist Joe Biden. The 38-year-old Buttigieg’s surprise decision was set to shake up the race this week when 14 states vote on “Super…