Interview: You can say 'there is no freedom of speech', it's democracy

State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury has said democracy and election could not come to a fair system yet as anti-liberation forces are active politically and economically. In an exclusive interview with country's one of the most popular online news portal Jago News, he said this.

Mohammad Ali removed as ICT prosecutor

Director General of SDC visits Bangladesh

Gulf markets plunge on US-Iran tensions

Pay BTRC Tk 138 cr in 5 months, HC asks Robi

The High Court on Sunday asked mobile phone operator Robi Axiata to pay within five months Tk 138 crore out of Tk 867 crore dues as claimed by the Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC)...

Ill-fated 106 more Bangladeshis return from KSA

Some 106 more Bangladeshi workers, who went to Saudi Arabia for getting rid of poverty and ensuring betterment of their nears and dears, have endured torture by the owners and faced police round-up there, and lastly returned home empty handed...

Iran condemns Trump as 'terrorist in a suit'

Mosque opens door for Hindu wedding

Bangladesh: The economic miracle of the year

If you wanted to pick a swiftly growing economy in 2020 in Asia, which one would you instinctively select?

Ex-CJ SK Sinha among 11 faces arrest warrant

A court here on Sunday issued a warrant for the arrest of former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 other people in a case filed for reportedly misappropriating Tk 4 crore. Judge of the Dhaka Senior Special Judge’s Court KM Imrul Kayes passed the order...

PCB rejects BCB’s proposal of playing one Test in Pakistan and other in Dhaka

Bangladesh has agreed to play one Test in Pakistan, provided the second match of the ICC World Test Championship is held in Dhaka, a proposal which was rejected by the PCB...

Why psychologists should not be recruited at edu institutions: HC

The High Court has issued a rule asking the government to why the clinical psychologist and counselor should not be recruited at all educational institutions including school, college, madrasa and university across the country. The bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman issued the rule...

Be a people-friendly force, PM asks police

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked police personnel to make them the 'police of people’, saying it is very easy to eliminate any crime through gaining people's confidence and trust...

Soleimani’s body arrives in Iran, funeral proceedings begin

The body of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a U.S. military strike, was returned to Iran on Sunday, the official IRIB news agency reported...

Iran general steps out of Soleimani’s shadow to lead proxies

A new Iranian general has stepped out of the shadows to lead the country’s expeditionary Quds Force, becoming responsible for Tehran’s proxies across the Mideast as the Islamic Republic threatens the U.S. with “harsh revenge” for killing its previous head, Qassem Soleimani...

28 killed in raid on Tripoli military school: Ministry

At least 28 people were killed and dozens injured on Saturday in an air strike on a military school in the Libyan capital Tripoli, a ministry spokesman said...

Rocket falls near US embassy in Baghdad

A Katyusha rocket fell near the United States embassy in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone which houses government buildings and foreign missions on Saturday but caused no casualties...

US ‘targeting’ 52 Iranian sites if Tehran attacks

President Trump has warned the US is "targeting" 52 Iranian sites and will strike "very fast and very hard" if Tehran hits Americans or US assets. His comments followed the US assassination of Qasem Soleimani, a top Iranian general, in a drone strike. Iran has vowed to avenge his killing...

Over 100,000 march in southern India to protest citizenship law

PM asks BCL to move on with right values

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday stressed the need for building Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) with the right values and ideals so that the country may get its future leaders from the organisation...