Some senior leaders of the Jatiya Party (JP) yesterday slammed the party’s chief patron Raushan Ershad’s decision to appoint 16 leaders, including her son Shad Ershad, to different top-level posts of the party. While talking to The Independent, several senior leaders of the party on condition…

Infrastructure development will not be enough to protect people from natural disasters without resolving the existing problems of the coastal areas. The government has taken up projects, worth Tk. 328 crore, to construct embankments and bank protection in six coastal districts. State minister for water…

Two students of a college were allegedly raped by a group of youths in the district town on Tuesday.  Yesterday, police have arrested three suspects -- Munna Mia, 25, son of Islam Mia; Akash Mia, 25, son of Adris Mia; and Humayun Mia, 23, son of Suruk Miya of Jagannathpur in Sadar upazila -- over…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has conveyed warm wishes to his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina. Modi made a request to convey his warm wishes…

Russia's ruling party backed President Vladimir Putin's nomination of a little-known tax chief as the new prime minister yesterday, after Putin's announcement of a constitutional shake-up fuelled speculation about his plans. The lower house of Russia's parliament is due to formally approve…