Foreign ministers of the countries belonging to the European Union yesterday decided to impose targeted sanctions against senior military officers responsible for human rights violations against Rohingyas in Rakhine state. The council of foreign ministers of the powerful bloc of 28 European countries…

Three Nobel Peace Prize winners yesterday urged fellow laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to speak out about violence against the Rohingya minority, warning she otherwise risks prosecution for "genocide", report agencies from Cox's Bazar. The trio -- Tawakkol Karman, Shirin Ebadi and Mairead Maguire…

The BNP yesterday staged peaceful demonstrations across the country to protest against Sunday’s police attack on its activists for displaying black flags in front of the party’s central office and demanding immediate release of chairperson Khaleda Zia on bail. The processions brought out…

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday asked all commercial banks to freeze the accounts of the country's second largest telecom operator,…

Having done well in the north-eastern states of Arunachal, Assam, Manipur and Mizoram over the years, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the ruling party in the centre, is now desperately making efforts to make strong footing in Meghalaya, one of the five Indian states bordering Bangladesh. According to…