The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), arch-rival of the ruling Awami League (AL), plans to take to the streets in September to realise its demand of holding the next general election under a neutral government and free party chairperson Khaleda Zia, according to party leaders. The movement would be…

Two days before of holding the city polls in three city corporations- Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barishal metropolitan city, a total of 44 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed yesterday. Of the 44 platoons paramilitary force, 15 platoons of BGB deployed in Rajshahi, 15 platoons in…

A suspected drug trader and two other 'criminals' were killed in separate gunfights in Cumilla, Satkhira and Barguna districts early yesterday, reports UNB. In Cumilla,A suspected drug trader, Shahidul Islam Sabu, son of Badsha Miah of Ekbalia area, was killed in a reported gunfight with a joint…

Tamim Iqbal's second hundred of the series and a quickfire unbeaten half-century by Mahmudullah paced Bangladesh to a formidable 301 for six against the West Indies in the decisive third and final one-day international at Warner Park in St Kitts yesterday, reports AFP. It is Bangladesh's highest…