The government has undertaken a project to construct 560 model mosques and Islamic cultural centres across the country, aiming to develop and spread the Islamic values and culture, reports BSS. "The project has been approved by the government to set up a model mosque and a Islamic cultural centre…

The High Court yesterday deferred the hearing on a writ petition filed challenging the legality of keeping the post of Chief Justice vacant and not appointing a new Chief Justice. The HC bench comprising Justice Zinat Ara and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo fixed January 28 for hearing following…

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed yesterday urged the Election Commission (EC) to stop Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from going for a unilateral electioneering before the announcement of the schedule for the next general election, reports UNB. Speaking at a protest rally, he also warned that the EC will…

Police recovered the bodies of a young man and a girl from hotel at Sobahanighat area in Sylhet city yesterday night, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Rakhi Paul, 27, a resident of Jaintiapur upazila of the district and Mintu Deb, 28, a resident of Jagannathpur upazila of Sunamganj district.…

Hundreds of right-wing demonstrators crowded a main square at Rotterdam's central station Saturday to protest what they describe as the "discrimination against ordinary Dutch citizens" in favour of immigrants and Muslims, reports AFP from Rotterdam, Netherlands. The protest by around 700…

Two people, including a woman, were killed and three others sustained injuries in a head-on collision between a pickup and battery-run autovan at Sorail of Kalai Upazila in Joypurhat yesterday afternoon, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Azizar Rahman, 41, a resident of municipality area…