Police arrested an alleged top terrorist in possession of a pistol from Sheikhghat area in the city on Saturday evening.The arrestee was identified as Tiger Jamal. Officer-in-charge of Kotwali Police Station Sohel Ahmad said on a tip-off, a team of police conducted a drive in Kalapara Betpali area and arrested Jamal at about 7:00 pm. Later, the law enforcers also ...

An emotional Paula Radcliffe thanked the support of the London crowds after competing in her final marathon. The 41-year-old set the world record marathon time of 2:15:25 when she won the London Marathon back in 2003. Today, she was not going toe-to-toe with the women’s Elite runners, starting instead with the main pack. And Radcliffe would finish with a time ...

Chelsea edged closer to the Premier League title as manager Jose Mourinho extended his unbeaten run over rival Arsene Wenger with a 0-0 draw at Arsenal. The Blues will win the League if they beat Leicester on Wednesday and Crystal Palace next Sunday after securing a hard-fought point at Emirates Stadium. Mourinho has now not lost against Wenger in 13 ...

The Queen has dropped out of the Sunday Times Rich List’s top 300 for the first time. Despite seeing her wealth increase by £10 million over the past year, the Royal has slipped from the paper’s list of the 300 richest people in Britain, published today, due to a dramatic rise in the number of billionaires. The paper reported the ...

Private landlords would not be able to increase annual rents by more than inflation for three years under Labour plans to give tenants more security. Ed Miliband said he would act immediately as prime minister to curb “massive” rent hikes. Conservative London mayor Boris Johnson described rent controls as a “disastrous policy”. Mr Miliband also ruled out any post-election “deals” ...

Scores of restaurants in Sylhet divisional city are rampantly selling adulterated and stale food items which are injurious to public health.  After consuming such food items, many people in the city and other places who are dependent on these restaurants are attacked with various diseases, including stomach-related disorders. Likewise, drinking water served in the restaurants and food shops are reportedly ...

Thirty-five teachers of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), who had earlier resigned from their posts over ‘misconduct’ of the SUST vice chancellor, revoked the decision yesterday, The decision was taken after a meeting between the protesting teachers and acting vice-chancellor of the university Ilias Uddin on the university campus yesterday morning, said SUST acting proctor Md Emdadul Haque. ...

The London Labour Party has announced that John Biggs has been selected as Labour’s candidate for the re-run mayoral election in Tower Hamlets on 11 June. John Biggs said: “I am delighted to have been confirmed as Labour’s candidate. “Tower Hamlets must now move on from the divisive politics of Lutfur Rahman and his disgraced regime of corruption and mismanagement. ...

Some 35,000 athletes will begin their gruelling 26.2 mile journey at 10.10am on Sunday when the London Marathon mass event gets underway. Charity runners will begin the course at three different start points in Greenwich Park and Blackheath, south London, before the routes converge just before the three-mile mark. The first six miles take place in Greenwich before the route ...

A powerful earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India on Saturday, killing more than 1,100 people, touching off a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest and toppling a 19th-century tower in the capital Kathmandu. There were reports of devastation in outlying, isolated mountainous areas after the midday quake of magnitude 7.9, Nepal’s worst in 81 years, centered 50 miles ...