Kim Jong Un consolidates power as NKorea shuffles leadership

In one of the biggest leadership shake-ups in years, North Korea names a new nominal head of state and a new premier, and gives leader Kim Jong Un a new title, according to state media reports.
12 April 2019, 05:12 AM

Red carpet rolled out as Bhutanese PM arrives

A red carpet is rolled out as Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering arrives in Dhaka on a four-day official visit.
12 April 2019, 04:25 AM

Fakhrul demands punishment of Nusrat’s killers

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir expresses his strong condemnation to the killers of Sonagazi madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi.
11 April 2019, 15:52 PM

Forget internal disputes: GM Quader to JP leaders

Jatiya Party Co-chairman GM Quader urges the party’s leaders and activists to get united keeping all internal disputes aside in a bid to boost organisational discipline within the party.
11 April 2019, 15:46 PM

Sudan army topples president

Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir is ousted by the army, brought down by months of anti-government protests against his three decades of iron-fisted rule.
11 April 2019, 12:29 PM

EC plans EVMs for 150 seats in next JS polls

The Election Commission has taken a plan to use electronic voting machines (EVMs) in at least 150 out of the 300 constituencies in the next 12th parliamentary elections, EC Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed says.
10 April 2019, 14:34 PM

Imran Khan backs PM Modi for second term

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan reportedly backs Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a second term stating that his coming to power will help solve the Kashmir situation.
10 April 2019, 11:18 AM

Rahul Gandhi files nomination

Congress party president Rahul Gandhi files his nomination for coming parliamentary elections from a second constituency Amethi, a traditional stronghold of the Nehru-Gandhi clan in its home state of Uttar Pradesh.
10 April 2019, 08:34 AM

Israel's Netanyahu secures election victory: Israeli TV channels

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won the Israeli national election, securing a record fifth term in office despite running neck in neck with his challenger Benny Gantz, the country's three main television channels say.
10 April 2019, 04:48 AM

Barapukuria graft case hearing adjourned till May 2

A Dhaka court adjourns until May 2 the hearing of Boropukuria coalmine graft case as BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is not produced before it due to her illness.
9 April 2019, 12:20 PM

PM asks DCs to stay at official residences with families

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina once again directed the deputy commissioners (DCs) across the country to stay at their respective official residences with families.
9 April 2019, 12:00 PM

EC to start updating voter list from April 23

The Election Commission will start updating the voter list from April 23.
8 April 2019, 15:46 PM

HC clears way for Mirza Abbas, his wife to go abroad

The High Court clears the way for BNP leader Mirza Abbas and his wife Afroza Abbas to go abroad and return to the country.
8 April 2019, 14:52 PM

None can be forcibly released in parole: Minister

Law Minister Anisul Huq says the government cannot forcibly release anybody from jail on parole if it is not sought.
8 April 2019, 12:57 PM

HC clears way for trial against BNP leader Moudud

The High Court clears the way for the lower court concerned to continue trial proceedings of a corruption case against former BNP Law Minister Moudud Ahmed.
8 April 2019, 07:47 AM

BCL strike continues at CU, deadlock prevails

Deadlock prevails at Chittagong University on the second day of strike by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists.
8 April 2019, 05:26 AM

India's Election Commission: Buried under tide of complaints, bias allegations

Did Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi break election rules by addressing the nation on an anti-satellite test recently? Is it right to have a channel dedicated to the leader? Can the country's armed forces be called "Modi's soldiers"?
8 April 2019, 04:53 AM

JS body for relaxing security check for VIPs

A parliamentary body recommends to relax the security checking for MPs and other VIPs at the country’s airports and make separate security checking queue for them.
7 April 2019, 15:13 PM

Ershad donates his wealth to trust

Suffering from serious physical ailments, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad donates his all movable and immovable properties to a trust.
7 April 2019, 12:15 PM

Not parole, Khaleda has rights to get bail: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that they would free party’s imprisoned Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail through waging a tough movement on the street.
7 April 2019, 06:20 AM