Although the Awami League (AL), the oldest political party in the country, is in power for the second consecutive term, the organisational condition of…

Rookie opener Soumya Sarkar led a makeshift Bangladesh to a competitive 289 but New Zealand claimed the honours on day one of the second Test in Christchurch…

Myanmar’s government lashed out at Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday, accusing him of using the Rohingya crisis unfolding in Rakhine state for his own “political interests” , reports AFP from Yangon. The premier of Muslim-majority Malaysia has been a vocal critic of Myanmar…

The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Bangladeshi authorities to disband the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) immediately. This came after a Narayanganj court sentenced 26 people, including 16 RAB members, to death after finding them guilty of murdering seven people. The HRW asked the…

The three-day second phase of the 52nd Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of the Muslims after hajj, began yesterday on the banks of the Turag…

Ending all speculation, the formal announcement of opening the Malaysian labour market for Bangladeshi workers was made in Kuala Lumpur yesterday (Friday), according to sources in the Malaysian capital. Bangladesh’s state minister for foreign affairs, Shahriar Alam, made the announcement following…