38+ min ago   (156+ words) Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said any relationship has to meet the test of mutual interest for it to work. He made the comment during an interview at the World Leaders Forum hosted by The Economic Times in…...

38+ min ago   (1033+ words) Fear of forced retirement, punishment over past deeds, and uncertainty surrounding transfers and promotions are weighing heavily on police officials. Many of them say they are now hesitant before making decisions that could later become politically controversial. Interviews with dozens…...

7+ hour, 52+ min ago   (131+ words) BNP Standing Committee member Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has been appointed acting secretary general of the party with immediate effect. The BNP announced the appointment in a press release issued today. According to the release, Rizvi was appointed to the post…...

8+ hour, 44+ min ago   (157+ words) Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Thursday expressed concern over an initiative by the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) to construct a residential building on 114 katha of land in Gulshan, Dhaka, based on a proposal submitted by a privately…...

7+ hour, 44+ min ago   (184+ words) Jailed former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan would not confront the military or army chief Asim Munir if freed, one of his closest aides told Reuters, portraying Munir as able to extend a “healing hand” after a legal breakthrough this…...

13+ hour, 19+ min ago   (222+ words) Four newly appointed ministers and two state ministers today paid homage to the martyrs of the Liberation War at the National Martyrs’ Memorial in Savar, a day after taking oath at Bangabhaban. They placed wreaths at the memorial around noon…...

9+ hour, 57+ min ago   (248+ words) LGRD Minister Abdul Moyeen Khan today said the government would rebuild Bangladesh under the leadership of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. “After 17 years of authoritarian rule, he has devoted himself to taking the country towards democracy and development and to establishing…...

9+ hour, 18+ min ago   (145+ words) Three people, including Mahdi Hasan, member secretary of the Habiganj unit of Students Against Discrimination, were detained from the Court Mosque premises in Habiganj town this evening as they were preparing to bring out a protest march, said police. They…...

10+ hour, 14+ min ago   (437+ words) South Korea estimates North Korea possesses between 80 and 120 nuclear warheads, its defence minister said on Thursday, citing a range significantly higher than US President Donald Trump's recent assertion that Pyongyang has 57 nuclear weapons. Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back told lawmakers that…...

17+ hour, 54+ min ago   (280+ words) A total of 174 Bangladeshis who had been held in a Libyan detention centre after attempting to reach Europe through irregular routes returned home today. “Altogether 174 people arrived from Libya at around 6:00am,” Group Captain SM Ragib Samad, executive director of Hazrat…...