A British lawyer assisting BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in her fight against corruption charges has been refused entry to India where he was scheduled to give a press conference about the case, reports AFP from New Delhi. India's foreign ministry said Lord Alexander Carlile, a former MP and international…

Opposition Leader Raushan Ershad yesterday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in parliament to consider the demand of students to reform the quota system with sympathy as she has a motherly heart, reports UNB. In her winding-up speech in the budget session of the House, she also called upon the Prime…

The Election Commission (EC) is hopeful of the BNP’s participation in the forthcoming parliamentary polls. “I still hope that the BNP will take part in the polls since a level playing field will prevail for all political parties,” chief election commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda said…

Visiting Malaysian Defence Minister Mohamad Bin Sabu yesterday said preparations are on to sign a memorandum of understanding between Bangladesh and Malaysia on defence training and technical cooperation, reports UNB. We're preparing to sign an MoU on defence training and technical cooperation,…

President of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Dr Colonel (Retired) Oli Ahmed's vehicle was vandalised on Wednesday en route to a function in Chandina, reports UNB. He alleged that the attack was carried out by workers of the local Awami League and Bangladesh Chhatra League, who hurled brickbats at…

Four days into going missing from Dhaka, Architect BMA Mahfuz Nabin was found in Khulna yesterday. Nabin, 38, was left blindfolded in Khulna’s Khalishpur area around 3am today and he was able to identify the location after taking his blindfold off, said his wife Jannatul Esha.   Esha, however,…

An activist of the United People's Democratic Front (UPDF), the Chittagong Hill Tracts-based political party, was gunned down by unidentified miscreants in Alutila area of Matiranga upazila yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Gyanendu Chakma, 40, activist of UPDF district unit.…

Bangladesh has achieved a gold medal in International Math Olympiad for the first time ever, reports UNB. Ahmed Zawad Chowdhury, a student from Chittagong Cantonment English School and College attained this glory for Bangladesh in 59th International Math Olympiad at Romania. Zawad scored 32 marks in…