Despite being a member of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), it seems highly unlikely that Dhaka will get any help from the group of ten nations including Myanmar on the Rohingya crisis, according Bangladeshi diplomats stationed in different countries belonging to the bloc. The main reasons, according…

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday said Myanmar must take back the Rohingyas who have fled the country facing persecution, and urged international…

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday paved the way for the lower court concerned to continue the trial proceedings in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. A four-member bench led by acting Chief Justice Abdul Wahhab Miah passed “no order” on…

The privately owned Social Islami Bank Ltd (SIBL) yesterday saw a large scale change in its management as the chairman, chairman of the executive committee and managing director (MD) resigned following an emergency board meeting. Anwarul Azim, former vice-chancellor of Chittagong University, has been…

At least nine persons died and 10 injured in two road accidents in Narsingdi district yesterday morning. One accident took place at Kandail in Narsingdi Sadar upazilla and the other at Karar Char area in Shibpur upazilla on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway. The first accident took place around 6.30 am. At least…

Catalonia's dismissed separatist leader Carles Puigdemont was in Brussels yesterday, a Spanish government source said, as prosecutors called for him…

People in several districts, including the capital, experienced a sudden drop in mercury yesterday, accompanied by a cloudy weather, which can as well…