The tropical cyclone ‘Maarutha’, which started in the early hours (4am) of yesterday (Sunday), was poised to intensify further in a north-northeasterly direction and likely to make a landfall, with a wind speed of 50km per hour, on the coast of Myanmar around midnight on Sunday, Met office…

KOLKATA: A report prepared by the Bengal government indicates that India and Bangladesh may not be fighting over anything substantial as they try to end the impasse over sharing the waters of Teesta, reports TNN. The report says the river, in its present state, has only a sixteenth of the water that…

KATHMANDU: China and Nepal began their first-ever joint military exercises on Sunday, a move likely to rattle India as Beijing boosts its influence in the region, reports AFP from Kathmandu. Impoverished Nepal is sandwiched between China and India and has in recent years ping-ponged between the sphere…

North Korea test-fired a missile early Sunday, hours before US Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Seoul for talks on curbing Pyongyang's weapons programmes, but US officials said it exploded seconds after launch, reports AFP, from Seoul. The latest launch came a day after Pyongyang held a defiant…

Myanmar’s authorities have “not responded” to pleas to check cross-border smuggling of drugs, especially Yaba tablets, into Bangladesh, home minister Asaduzzaman Khan said yesterday. On the other hand, India has responded positively to such calls to control the menace, the minister…

Joya Sengupta, newly elected MP from Sunamganj-2 constituency, was sworn in yesterday, reports UNB. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered the oath to Joya Sengupta, wife of late ruling Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta, at Sangsad Bhaban. Deputy Speaker Fazle Rabbi Mia, Chief Whip ASM…

The 15th session of the 10th Parliament will begin at 5:00pm on May 2 (Tuesday), says a press release issued by Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat yesterday. President Abdul Hamid has summoned the parliament session exercising his power bestowed upon him by article 72 (1) of the Constitution. This will…

Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq yesterday said the wholesale kitchen market in Karwan Bazar will be shifted out and relocated to different parts of the city by December, reports UNB. The DNCC mayor revealed the plan while talking to reporters after inaugurating the nine-storey zonal office…

Thousands of protesters gathered Saturday in cities across the United States to pressure President Donald Trump to release his tax returns, a move of transparency he has repeatedly refused, reports AFP from Washington. The demonstrations were timed to coincide with the traditional April 15 deadline…

State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam yesterday criticised those who indulge themselves in 'cheap politics' when it comes to issues relating to India, reports UNB. Apparently criticising the comments of opposition leaders on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's just-concluded New…

A case of unnatural death has been filed with the Adabar police station over the death of Tania Khan, wife of BNP Chairperson’s Press Secretary Maruf Kamal, after she died of burn injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Friday. Tania Khan, 47, was admitted to the Burn Unit of Dhaka Medical…