Voters in the US hamlet of Dixville Notch launched Election Day in the first minutes of Tuesday with a tied vote, mirroring the incredibly close national polls in the White House race. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump each got three ballots in the tiny community in the northeastern state of New Hampshire which for decades has kicked off Election Day ...

Police have arrested Molla Jalal, former president of the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ), in a case filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act. Jalal was arrested from Shegunbagicha in the capital, said Shahbagh Police Station OC Khaled Mansur.  

The dollar slid on Monday as investors braced for a potential pivot this week for the global economy as the United States chooses a new leader, and as it likely cuts interest rates again with major implications for bond yields, reports Reuters. The euro extended an early climb to be up 0.5% at $1.0891 and looked set to test resistance ...

Kylian Mbappe was always going to leave an enormous void when he left Paris Saint-Germain, and the French side are struggling in this season’s Champions League without the goals of their former star. While Mbappe is now at Real Madrid after scoring a club-record 256 goals in seven seasons in Paris, his old club entertain Atletico Madrid on Wednesday in ...

The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule asking the government to explain why it would not order forming a commission for re-investigating the 2009 BDR mutiny at Pilkhana. An HC bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debashish Roy Chowdhury issued the rule following a preliminary hearing of a writ petition. Adv Tanvir Ahmed was present on behalf of ...

Elon Musk’s political group can keep awarding $1m (£722,000) to voters in swing states, a judge has ruled. The giveaway by Mr Musk’s America PAC is set to end on Tuesday, and the final recipient has already been determined, a lawyer for the billionaire said in a court hearing on Monday. In a surprising turn, the lawyer revealed that people ...

The Election Reform Commission is taking appropriate steps to ensure the voting rights of Bangladeshi expatriates living in various countries of the world. Reform Commission Chief Dr Badiul Alam Majumder conveyed the progress to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus at a meeting at the Chief Adviser’s office on Monday. The commission chief said the voters’ list is being coordinated with ...

A court in Dhaka has sent Kaushik Hossain Taposh, chairman of Gaan Bangla TV, to jail after showing him arrested in a case filed over an attempt to murder businessman Ishtiaque Mahmud during the quota reform movement on July 18. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Saifuzzaman passed the order after police produced Taposh before the court and pleaded to place him ...

Former minister and labour leader Shajahan Khan was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Monday afternoon as he fell ill during interrogation. Inspector Md Faruk, chief of the DMCH Police Outpost, said Shajahan Khan has been admitted to the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of the hospital for tests due to chest pain. Members of Detective Branch (DB) brought ...

Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain expressed optimism that the newly launched direct air connectivity between Bangladesh and Africa, established by Ethiopian Airlines, will support Bangladesh’s ambitions to become a regional aviation hub. “The direct air link between Bangladesh and Ethiopia will not only boost tourism, trade, and investment but also serve as a gateway to the wider African continent,” ...