It was formed with three malfunctioning, outdated aircraft in an abandoned airfield. With that force, it went into war within merely 66 days of its birth…

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned to find out whether the police force were involved in setting fire into the houses of Santals during the eviction drives of Santals in drive at Gobindaganj Upazila of Gaibandha. It asked the chief judicial magistrate of Gaibandha to trace the…

The BNP has left it to party chairperson Khaleda Zia to select the names of distinguished persons who could be on the "search committee" for the next Election Commission. The list will be submitted to President Abdul Hamid, according to party sources. The chairperson was given the responsibility…

Myanmar’s religious affairs ministry plans to write a book to prove the Rohingya are not indigenous to the country, as tensions grow over a brutal military crackdown on the Muslim minority, reports AFP from Yangon. Almost 27,000 Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh since the beginning of November,…

Three engineers of Biman Bangladesh Airlines were suspended yesterday for their negligence of duty in the flight carrying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Budapest, Hungary, reports UNB. The suspended officials are-Debesh Chowdhury, chief engineer (production), SA Siddique, chief engineer (quality assurance)…