AL council to design next course of development: PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the coming council of Awami League would be held with an objective of organising the party to stay in power aimed at completing the unfinished tasks to build a hunger- and poverty-free country by 2021.

Govt takes U-turn

The government has taken a U- turn on its decision to shut down schools, private universities, hospitals, restaurants, hotels and various commercial establishments illegally opened at Gulshan, Banani and Baridhara.

BNP leader Rizvi freed on bail

Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi was released from jail on bail on Wednesday.

BRTA moves to scrap reg of vehicles this month

The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority is going to cancel within this month the registration of the motor vehicles which did not have their fitness certificates renewed in the past 10 years or more.

ILLEGAL WEALTH : Verdict in AL MP Badi’s case Nov 2

The Dhaka Special Judge’s Court 3 on Wednesday posted for November 2 its verdict in a case against ruling Awami League lawmaker Abdur Rahman Badi for amassing illegal wealth and hiding information in his wealth report.

'Why I still support Duterte'

In his three months in office, Philippines President Duterte has rarely left the headlines.

Melania Trump's American Dream: From soft-spoken schoolgirl to aspiring first lady

The principal of Melania Trump's old primary school knows juvenile behavior when she sees it. And she has some advice for the candidate who once described his own campaign as "a little childish."

Voices from Mosul: 'We want life back to normal'

Iraqi-led forces are pushing decisively toward the Iraqi city of Mosul, soon to become a "street-to-street" battleground in the bloody fight against ISIS.

Former DNC chair: Hillary Clinton 'absolutely' has a tendency to come off as smug

Ed Rendell, the former governor of Pennsylvania and former Democratic National Committee chairman, said in a radio interview on Tuesday that Hillary Clinton "absolutely" has a tendency to come off as smug, which she should fight in Wednesday's debate.

American father and son sentenced to 10 years in Iranian prison

Iranian-Americans Baquer Namazi and his son Siamak have been sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $4.8 million, according to Iran's official news channel IRINN.