BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday said her party will join the next election under a neutral government, not under the Sheikh Hasina-led one, reports UNB. “We have long been saying the election won’t be fair under them (current government). We have also said we would surely take part…

Power supply to vast areas under Khulna, Barisal, Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions remained suspended since Monday night following the failure of two major transmission lines to the national grid, reports UNB. The grid failure virtually led to the shutdown of a many power plants in the country's west…

Seven people were killed and 30 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Haripur in Ghatail upazila of Tangail yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased could not be identified while filing this report around 12:30am. Officer-in-Charge of Ghatail Police Station Kamal Hossain said a Dhanbari-bound…

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an end to all "crackdowns" on journalists across the world saying a free press advances peace and justice for all, reports UNB. "When we protect journalists, their words and pictures can change our world," he said in…

As part of an ongoing reshuffle in the field administration, the public administration ministry has transferred 24 Deputy Commissioners (DCs) in different district yesterday. The public administration ministry has issued a notification in this regard yesterday. Of the DCs, DC of Bogra Md Ashraf Uddin…

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday alleged that the government was trying to interfere in Supreme Court affairs. Saying that the SC authorities…