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Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said tough actions would be taken against the perpetrators who misused social media, including Facebook, to spread rumours to instigate violence in the name of movement for quota reforms in...

Pakistan’s Supreme Court disqualified deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif from holding office for life on Friday, television news channels reported. Sharif, 67, resigned in July after the Supreme Court disqualified him from holding office over an...

Iffat Jahan Isha got back her position as president of Dhaka University’s Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall unit of ruling Awami League’s student wing, two days after she was expelled by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) following the...

The US has greeted Bengalis across the world on the occasion of their New Year. “On behalf of President Trump and the American people, I wish Bengalis everywhere a joyous New Year. We commemorate this important...

Bangladesh will highlight the issue of the Rohingya people, particularly their repatriation to Myanmar, in the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) scheduled to begin in London on April 19, reports BSS. “Prime Minister Sheikh...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday opened Bheramara 410-MW Combined Cycle Power Plant and cent percent electrification in 15 Upazila renewing her call to the people to be economical in using electricity, Reports BSS. The premier inaugurated...

Prime minister Hasina has been urging the people to break tradition and avoid ilish on Pohela Boishakh, to save the national fish during its breeding season. The day will be celebrated with much enthusiasm, colour and joy...

The lethal poison that struck down a former Russian spy and his daughter last month in England was a highly pure type of Novichok nerve agent, the global chemical weapons watchdog concluded on Thursday, backing Britain’s...

Britain’s foreign minister and United Nations human rights rapporteurs separately called on Thursday for the release of two Reuters reporters detained in Myanmar, after a judge rejected a request for their case to be dismissed. Foreign...

U.S. President Donald Trump said he was holding meetings on Thursday on Syria where he has threatened missile strikes in response to a suspected poison gas attack and he expected decisions to be taken “fairly soon.”...