Rahul asked to clear citizenship status

India’s government has asked Rahul Gandhi, the president of the main opposition Congress party, to respond to a complaint by a lawmaker from prime minister Narendra Modi’s party accusing him of holding dual British citizenship against Indian law.

TERROR ATTACK Plot still on in Sri Lanka: US

The US ambassador to Sri Lanka said on Tuesday that some of the Islamist militants behind Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people were likely still at large and could be planning more attacks.

Commodity prices keep rising as Ramadan nears

Prices of essential commodities continued to increase in the city for past one month belying the government assurance that prices would not increase before Ramadan, beginning next week.

CAB for use of Special Powers Act to control prices

Consumers Association of Bangladesh on Tuesday said despite repeated assurances and measures form the government the prices of essential commodities could not be controlled ahead of Ramadan.

Fakhrul’s seat declared vacant

Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Tuesday declared the Bogra 6 constituency vacant as Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir refrained from taking oath or seeking time as the deadline for swearing in expired on the day.

Workers at risk of losing jobs after wage hike

Murad Soyeb, once a worker of an apparel factory at Hemayetpur, Savar now sells potato, onion and vegetables door to door.

Biman MD removed

Biman Bangladesh Airlines managing director AM Mosaddique Ahmed was removed on Tuesday.

From deity to people's Emperor: The man who pushed imperial boundaries

Japan's 85-year-old monarch was born the son of a deity, but he's retiring as the people's Emperor.

The coming of American Fascism, 1920-1940

FASCISM is usually thought of as a quintessentially and almost exclusively European phenomenon, as having begun with Mussolini, culminated with Hitler, and been eradicated in

BNP MPs join JS

Five Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmakers joined parliament on Monday and demanded immediate release of jailed party chairperson Khaleda Zia.