Abdur Rashid Jitu, vice-president of the Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union (JUCSU), has joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), while 11 other student leaders, including vice-presidents and general secretaries from…
Iran and the United States began talks on Friday in Oman, with Washington refusing to rule out military action against its foe if diplomacy fails while the Islamic Republic vowed…
Australian High Commissioner Susan Ryle and Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) Executive Director Brizza Rosales signed an agreement on 27 January to support independent international election observation for the…
Gold prices have fallen in the domestic market, with the price reduced by Tk7,640 per bhori, bringing the new rate of 22-carat gold to Tk254,450 per bhori. The Bangladesh Jewellers’…
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) formally requested the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday to reconsider its decision to boycott the match against India at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup…
Police used batons, tear gas and sound grenades to disperse government employees protesting in front of the State Guest House Jamuna on Friday. Protesters demanding the publication and implementation of…
At least 19 people were injured in a clash between BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami in Monpura upazila, Bhola on Friday morning, after both sides launched election campaigns in the same area.…
With the tenure of the interim government almost at an end, among the most notable, and indeed disappointing, stories from this government’s time has been its failure to protect citizens…
Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Thursday said the government has already decided to propose that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights undertake an…
Election Commissioner Md Anwarul Islam Sarker has said that all preparations of the Election Commission (EC) for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Elections and Referendum, scheduled for 12 February, have…