India denies Shahidul Alam visa

The Indian government did not issue visa to the acclaimed photographer and activist Shahidul Alam who was to sit on a panel at the Serendipity Arts Festival in New Delhi on last Friday.

No major political party has any programme

No major political party of the country will organise any programme to mark the International Day of Democracy to be observed worldwide today while the opposition parties said that the country now

BCL president, GS fired

Awami League president and prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday removed the incumbent president and general secretary of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, an associate body of the AL.

JU VC asks chancellor, UGC to probe graft allegation

Jahangirnagar University vice-chancellor Farzana Islam on Saturday called on the university’s chancellor and the University Grants Commission to probe the allegation of corruption brought

Boris Johnson is trapped in a Brexit prison he helped build

Boris Johnson never imagined it would be this hard. Before he secured the job he'd craved for his whole life, the man once seen as the Midas of British

China's gambling on a nuclear future, but is it destined to lose? CNN Digital Expansion 2017

Panicked shoppers thronged supermarket aisles, grabbing bags of salt by the armful. They queued six deep outside wholesalers. Most went home with only one or two bags; the lucky ones managed

How a Hong Kong protest song became an unofficial 'anthem'

In glitzy malls across Hong Kong, people are spontaneously breaking into a song. It's not just any tune -- it's a rousing ballad that some are calling the city's new, if unofficial "national anthem."

Kashmir crackdown will spur global Muslim extremism: Pak PM

India’s crackdown on protests and dissent in Kashmir will drive more of the world’s Muslims into extremism, Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan said during a fiery speech on Friday, in the part of

Action taken against Rohingyas collecting passports

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Friday said legal action has been taken against those Rohingyas who attempted to obtain Bangladeshi passports using fake identities.

Buses change cos to trick ban after accidents

Amid frequent fatal and severe accidents, bus companies sidestep the ban slapped on them for causing fatalities on roads and are running their busses on the same city routes allegedly under