Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban yesterday evening, reports UNB. The Prime Minister exchanged Eid greetings with the President. President's Press Secretary Joynal Abedin briefed reporters after the meeting. The PM, as head of the government,…

Adrien Silva scored an extra-time penalty as Portugal recovered from a goal down to beat Mexico 2-1 in Sunday's third-place play-off at the Confederations Cup in Moscow, reports AFP. Luis Neto bundled into his own net to hand Mexico a 54th-minute lead, but Pepe stabbed home a stoppage-time equaliser…

The Election Commission (EC) yesterday said the Army would be deployed in the next parliamentary polls if all political parties arrive at a consensus on the issue. “The EC will think positively about Army deployment if all political parties come to a consensus on the issue,” EC secretary…

An American warship on Sunday sailed close to a disputed island in the South China Sea occupied by Beijing, as part of an operation to demonstrate freedom of navigation in the waters, a US official said, reports AFP from Washington. The destroyer USS Stethem passed less than 12 nautical miles (22 kilometers)…

A deadline was approaching Sunday for Qatar to accept a series of demands made by several Arab states to lift a de facto blockade, with no indications Doha was ready to comply, reports AFP from Doha. Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said Saturday that the 13 demands…

Rangpur City Corporation Mayor Shorfuddin Ahmed was assaulted by three people in front of his house in the city yesterday. One of the assailants, named Saddam Hossain, was caught by local people and handed over to the police. Eyewitnesses said, Shorfuddin was having a cup of tea in a tea stall near…

National Committee to Protect Sundarbans (NCPS) and Bangladeah Paribesh Andolon (BAPA) yesterday renewed its call to the government to cancel the Rampal coal-fired power plant project for the sake of saving the Sundarbans, reports UNB. “We do hope, the government will consider the demand for cancellation…

A young man was injured as his motorcycle was rammed by a vehicle, belonging to a High Court judge, running on the wrong side of the road at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel crossing in the capital yesterday evening, reports UNB.  The injured, Jubin Faisal, was taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University.…

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday visited two elderly politicians at their respective residences in the capital, reports BSS. He visited one of the organizers of Liberation War and National Awami Party (NAP) President Prof Muzaffar Ahmed…

A car carrying BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's adviser Habibur Rahman Habib along with his family members was hit by a truck in the Kashikata area on Natore-Bonpara highway in Gurudaspur upazila of Natore yesterday, leaving him and 4 others injured, reports UNB. Dileep Kumar Das, OC of Gurudaspur…