Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina suspects a conspiracy against the government by certain elements inimical to the next parliamentary election. “The PM has warned her ministers that certain elements, especially a section of civil society leaders, were trying to stop the next national polls from being…

A Bangladesh Chhatra League activist was gunned down in a factional clash at Beanibazar Govt College in Sylhet yesterday over establishing supremacy,…

Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader has expressed his doubts about the return of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to the country. Only time will tell whether she will return home, he said. He was talking to reporters after a meeting with a delegation of Nirapod Sarak Chai (Nischa) at his Secretariat…

The Cabinet yesterday approved the draft law, 'Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 2017', aiming to check the illegal trade of human organs keeping a provision for three years of rigorous imprisonment or Tk 10 lakh fine or both for violation of the law, reports UNB. The approval came from the…

The nine children of Tripurapara under Sitakunda upazila in Chittagong who were allegedly infected by a mysterious disease had died of measles as they did not receive any vaccine against the disease. The Directorate of Health Services yesterday revealed this at a press conference. “It has been…

The Election Commission (EC) is going to update the current voter list and aims to include the names of around 50 lakh new voters by this year as part…