BNP leader Zainul Abedin Farroque yesterday alleged that another plot is on to split BNP ahead of the next parliamentary elections, reports UNB. “Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said BNP would finally join the polls. His recent remarks on BNP have exposed that there’s a…

A Sylhet court is set to deliver its judgment today in a case filed over the attempt on the life of college student Khadiza Begum Nargis, reports UNB. On March 5, Metropolitan Session’s Judge Akbar Hossain Mridha fixed March 8 for delivering its verdict in the case. Of the total 37 witnesses,…

More than a quarter of people living in Asia had to pay a bribe while trying to access a public service in the past year, a watchdog said Tuesday, calling on governments to root out endemic graft in the region, reports AFP. The report by Berlin-based Transparency International surveyed more than 20,000…

The UK government has been defeated in the Lords as peers backed calls for a "meaningful" parliamentary vote on the final Brexit deal by 366 votes to 268, BBC reports. Backing the move, former deputy PM Lord Heseltine said Parliament must be the "custodian of national sovereignty".…