Most of the developing world is paying more for food despite drops in commodity market prices during the global economic slowdown, with 200 million people joining the ranks of the hungry in the past two years, the UN World Food Programme said Monday. [Read more]

UNB, Dhaka
In a latest significant development, the Anti-Corruption Commission Monday filed a case against former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s elder son Tarique Rahman and his businessman-friend Mamun for allegedly smuggling out Tk 20.41 crore to Singapore.Assistant Director of the ACC Md Ibrahim filed the case with Cantonment police station in the evening under the Money [...]

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Police in Bangladesh say at least 10 people were injured Wednesday in a bomb attack targeting a ruling party member of parliament who is related to the prime minister [Read more]

Pakistan on Saturday appointed Judge Malik Muhammad Akram Awan to replace Judge Baqir Ali Rana of Rawalpindi’s Anti-Terrorism Court 2 hearing the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case. [Read more]

Special Correspondent
To meet the deadline of holding district councils by November 25, BNP leaders are busy in sorting out differences over the formation of committees to hold councils and elect regular committees at union, ward, upazila, city and district levels.According to party announcement, BNP is scheduled to hold its national council on [...]

UNB, Dhaka
Opposition BNP yesterday demanded that the Election Commission declare Major (Retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed elected MP from Bhola-3 constituency or hold re-election to the seat from among the three valid candidates who had contested the December 29 polls.The High Court recently declared void the parliament membership of ruling Awami League candidate Maj (retd) Jasimuddin from [...]

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