The High Court (HC) has paved the way for the Election Commission (EC) to hold the two Dhaka city corporation elections on January 30. In its order, an HC bench, comprising Justice JBM Hassan and Justice Md Khairul Alam, summarily rejected a writ petition filed for shifting the election date. The HC…

AL mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh conducted electioneering in the city’s Kamrangichar area…

The BNP mayoral candidates in the Dhaka civic polls yesterday lamented the lack of a level playing field for all candidates. Both Tabith Awal, mayoral…

Ending all the speculations over Bangladesh cricket team’s tour of Pakistan, the sides have finally confirmed the bilateral series with the revised fixture yesterday. The Chairman and Chief Executive of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) reached consensus with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)…

Robi Axiata Limited, the country's second-largest mobile phone operator, has paid the first installment money to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) following a court order to deposit its dues in five installments, confirmed BTRC chairman Jahurul Haque yesterday. “We…

UK government in the late 1960s persuaded news agency Reuters to set up a reporting service in the Middle East, funding it surreptitiously via the BBC. This came into light as historical documents were released by the Foreign Office on how a secretive team of British civil servants tried to influence…