BNP and three other political parties formally announce the formation of an alliance styled “Jatiya Oikyafront” at a press conference at the Jatiya Press Club on October 13, 2018. From left, Sultan Muhammed Mansur Ahmad, Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Dr Kamal Hossain, ASM Abdur Rab and Moudud Ahmed hold their hands aloft in a gesture of unity. ...

Photo: Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in a meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday evening. Riyadh, Oct 18 : Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud said Saudi Arabia is keen to be part of the ongoing development of Bangladesh by investing in its different sectors. “Bangladesh marked huge ...

The 55th birthday of Shaheed Sheikh Russell, youngest son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is being observed today (Thursday). Sheikh Russell, also youngest brother of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was born on October 18 in 1964 at the historic Bangabandhu Bhaban at Dhanmondi in the capital.   Some disgruntled army personnel killed Russell along with his father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur ...

Looks like Lady Gaga is all set to get hitched with beau Christian Carino. Gaga, while addressing Elle’s 25th Annual Women in Hollywood Celebration in Los Angeles on Monday, was heard thanking her “fiancé Christian”, thus confirming reports of her engagement, E! Online reported. While it remains unclear when and how Carino popped the big question, the Mother Monster seems ...

Dhaka, Oct 18 : Senior leaders of newly formed Jatiya Oikyafront are briefing foreign diplomats stationed in Dhaka at a city hotel on Thursday afternoon about the country’s latest political situation and the alliance’s position on the next general election. On behalf of Oikyafront leaders Dr Kamal Hossain started briefing diplomats  around 3:10 pm. Diplomats from different countries, foreign agencies ...

The death toll from severe cyclone Titli in India’s eastern state of Odisha has risen to 57, local government officials said Thursday. The cyclone inflicted an estimated loss of 300 million U.S. dollars, a local government spokesman said.   “The government has mooted the process of relief and restoration and besides this Chief Minister Navin Patnaik has hiked the ex-gratia ...

The death toll in the Kerch college shooting has reached 20 people, deputy head of city administration Dilyaver Melgaziyev told TASS today. “Twenty people died. The last car brought to the morgue the bodies not of three, but four people. They found another body,” he said.   Bodies of all people killed in the Kerch college shooting have been identified, ...

Brexit-backing MPs have reacted angrily to the idea that the UK’s transition out of the EU could be extended for another year, to the end of 2021. No. 10 refused to rule out an extension after a summit of EU leaders in Brussels failed to make progress.   The move could buy the two sides more time to come up ...

The US has announced plans to withdraw from a 144-year-old postal treaty, which the White House says lets China ship goods at unfairly low prices. The United Nations treaty sets lower international rates for packages from certain countries, a move originally designed to support poorer nations.   But the US says the discounts put American businesses at a disadvantage.   ...

England beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the rain-hit third one-day international in Kandy to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the five-match series on Wednesday.   Chasing 151 for victory in the 21-overs-a-side contest, the tourists rode on an unbeaten 49-ball 58 by skipper Eoin Morgan to achieve their target in 18.3 overs.  Bowlers Adil Rashid and Tom ...