The first phase of elections for 732 union parishads (UP) is going to be held today, amid fears of violence. The Election Commission (EC) has said that…

The Sunderbans (East) forest department has filed a Tk. 5 crore damages suit against the owners and operators of the cargo vessel, Sea Horse-1, which sank at the Dolphin sanctuary in the Shela river on Saturday. Sultan Mahmud, station officer of the Dhansagor forest station of the Sunderbans (East)…

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) sent a review notice to the ICC yesterday in a bid to lift the suspension on the fast bowler Taskin Ahmed. Nazmul Hassan Papon, the BCB president earlier tried his best to solve the matter though diplomatic channel but it seemed the process didn’t fetch any positive…

The BNP yesterday accused the ruling Awami League of distorting party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s statement in the party’s just concluded national council. “It is a matter of regret that the government is misleading people by distorting the statement of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia,”…

A Dhaka court yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of Daily Janakantha Editor Atiqullah Khan Masud and two others in a case filed for publishing ‘defamatory’ reports on Chief Justice SK Sinha, reports UNB. Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Rani Chakrabarty issued the arrest warrant as…

Driving rain, deserted streets and hordes of police—this was the Havana greeting Barack Obama on Sunday when he became the first US president to…

Usman Khawaja hit a quick-fire half-century to help Australia to a thrilling three-wicket victory against Bangladesh in their World Twenty20 clash in Bangalore yesterday, reports AFP from Bangalore, India. The left-handed opener smashed 58 off 45 balls as Australia successfully chased down Bangladesh's…