Trump taps Iowa Gov. Branstad for China ambassador

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has been picked for the post of US ambassador to China by President-elected Donald Trump.

Vladimir Putin, and Muscovites, hope Donald Trump will be a friend to Russia

Nine days before the US presidential election, Russian TV anchor Dmitry Kiselev ranted about America's "democracy:" Millions of "dead souls" voting! Voters bused around a city, casting ballots eight to ten times! Biggest scandal in history!

RAB raids suspected extremists’ den in Chittagong, two arrested

Rapid Action Battalion members on Thursday launched a drive at a suspected extremists’ den at Pahartali in Chittagong city and arrested two people along with arms. Identities of the arrestees could not be known immediately.

Primary Students: Govt asked to reduce weight of schoolbags

The High Court Division on Wednesday asked the government to ensure that no primary school student henceforth carried schoolbags in excess of 10 per cent of his or her own weight.

Bangladesh can’t allow ‘waves’ of Myanmar citizens: Hasina

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh would not allow ‘waves’ of Myanmar citizens fleeing military atrocities to sneak into the country.

SC upholds death sentences of Mufti Hannan, 2 others for grenade attack on UK high commissioner

The Appellate Division on Wednesday upheld the death sentences of Mufti Abdul Hannan, chief of banned outfit Harkatul-Jihad Al Islami and its two other leaders as they were found guilty of murdering three persons and injuring former UK High Commissioner to Bangladesh Anwar Choudhury in 2004.

SC upholds death sentences of Mufti Hannan, 2 others for grenade attack on UK high commissioner

The Appellate Division on Wednesday upheld the death sentences of Mufti Abdul Hannan, chief of banned outfit Harkatul-Jihad Al Islami and its two other leaders as they were found guilty of murdering three persons and injuring former UK High Commissioner to Bangladesh Anwar Choudhury in 2004.

BNP submits Khaleda’s EC proposals to Bangabhaban

Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday welcomed the president’s plan to hold talks with political parties to form a new election commission.

Trump and China on collision course

In speaking on the telephone with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and lashing out at China on Twitter over the weekend, President-elect Donald Trump did more than bewilder leaders in Beijing and the White House.