The BNP wants to hold its overdue national council by March, which is likely to see the induction of fresh blood in the party leadership, according to party leaders. The leaders said the BNP high command would like to give priority to changes in its standing committee, the party’s top policymaking…

The ruling Awami League (AL) is almost ready to contest under the party banner, the upcoming first phase of Union Parishad (Council) elections likely to be held in March-end. Union Parishad (UP) elections will be the second local government elections to be held under party banner in the country’s…

Bangladesh went per popular expectation to start the 2016 mission with a winning note, cruising Zimbabwe past by four wickets in the first of four T20 Internationals at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium yesterday.Zimbabwe rode a  101-run partnership between Hamilton Masakadza and Vusi Sibanda, their highest…

Indonesian police launched raids across the country on Friday in the wake of deadly coordinated attacks on Jakarta, saying they suspected a broader extremist…

On the heels of police assault on a Bangladesh Bank official, an official of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) was injured after he was beaten up by police at Mirhajaribagh in the capital early yesterday. The victim, Bikash Chandra Das, an inspector of DSCC’s cleaning department, was first admitted…

The US Coast Guard was searching for two military helicopters that reportedly crashed off the Hawaiian island of Oahu while carrying a total of 12 people, officials said Friday, reports AFP. The Coast Guard was alerted late Thursday to the reported collision between two Marine Corps choppers carrying…