The rescue operation for the 20 workers, who went missing after a soil-laden trawler capsized in the Meghna River in Munshiganj on Tuesday, has rolled into the 5th consecutive day as the trawler remains still traceless. Two teams started the rescue operation around 8 am yesterday and they are trying…

Warning against the dangers of widespread fear and mistrust in the planet, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday said he wants to reaffirm the UN as a platform for action to repair broken trust in a broken world. "The best-selling brand in our world today is indeed fear,"…

Jatiya Oikyafront Convener Dr Kamal Hossain was scheduled to leave Dhaka for Singapore last night for treatment. Dr Kamal along with his wife Hamida Hossain will leave Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on a Singapore Airlines flight at 10:30pm, said senior Ganaforum leader Ameen Ahmed Afsary. He…

The leaders of Japan and Russia hold crunch summit talks on Tuesday, with the two countries locked in an undiplomatic war of words over a set of disputed islands. Simmering tension between Moscow and Tokyo over the islands has ramped up in recent weeks, with Russia angrily accusing Japan of whipping…