BTRC allows users to repurchase SIMs after June 1 deactivation

Mobile phone users will be allowed to repurchase their respective SIMs within 18 months after deactivation in the case of their failure in completing biometric re-registration of the subscriber identification modules by the May 31 deadline.

Barack Obama's last campaign

President Barack Obama's popularity is growing just in time for him to wage the final campaign of his political life.

Alberta wildfire growing, may reach Saskatchewan

The massive wildfire that forced almost 90,000 people to evacuate in Alberta is growing and approaching the neighboring province of Saskatchewan, Canadian officials said Saturday.

Three kidnapped Spanish journalists released in Syria

A trio of Spanish journalists who went missing last July in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo have been released, according to the president of the Spanish Journalists Federation.

U.S. personnel on the ground in Yemen

A small number of U.S. military personnel are on the ground inside Yemen as part of the effort to root out al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, the Pentagon said Friday.

4 killed as violence, rigging mark UP polls

At least four people were killed and scores were injured as violence, rigging, ballot stuffing and intimidation, mostly carried out by ruling Awami League activists, marked the fourth phase of partisan elections to union parishads on Saturday like the previous phases.

ASI stabbed in Dhaka city

A police officer was hospitalised ‘in a critical condition’ after being stabbed by an assailant with sharp weapons in old town of Dhaka.

Two-day career festival ends in Chittagong

A two-day career fair titled ‘Career Fest Chittagong 2016’ ended on Saturday with the participation of hundreds of job seekers, students from across the institutions and employers.

Bangladesh braces for climate disasters: experts

Climate change will emerge as a great threat to the country’s development in the days to come, warned environmental experts at a discussion here on Saturday.

Fin Min teams up with WB to streamline SOBs

The finance ministry in a frantic move to rescue the scandal-hit public sector banks has tilted to the World Bank for developing charters for bank boards, criteria of eligibility for becoming board members, and appointment regulations for potential bank directors.