No major breakthrough with regard to Teesta water sharing agreement is expected during the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India from December 18 to 20, government sources have told The Independent. The prime minister and her delegation is scheduled to leave the capital on December…

Showing a steely resolve, Dhaka Dynamites yesterday defended their paltry 140 for seven to crush Khulna Titans by 54 runs in the Qualifier-1 game and…

President Abdul Hamid will hold dialogue with all registered political parties to reconstitute the Election Commission (EC), reports UNB. "As per article 118 of the constitution, the honourable President will hold dialogue with registered political parties before appointing the Chief Election Commissioner…

The European Union has described the Myanmar government’s announcement to establish a Commission of Inquiry into the recent violence in Rakhine State as a welcome move, saying, its work must be objective and help prevent similar events in the future while ensuring accountability for all perpetrators…

Beximco Pharma has become the first Bangladeshi company to be granted a sub-licence by the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) to produce the Bristol-Myers Squibb’s…

The High Court yesterday asked the government to remove the names of collaborators of the Pakistani occupation forces from all the installations in the country including educational institutions and roads, within two months. The HC bench comprising Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice Mohammad Ullah…

After four youths, including two North South University students, vanished from the city’s Banani area on December 1, two more youths—one an MBBS student—have gone missing from the Banani and Dhaka Cantonment areas. They were identified as Imran Farhad, 20, and his friend Sayeed Anwar…