An alleged criminal was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Haidarabad area of Gazipur city early yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Mamun, a resident of Tongi area. A patrol vehicle of Rab-1 stopped at Haidarabad in the early hours after…

Nearly 700 people have died in a severe three-day heat wave in Pakistan, officials said yesterday, with medics battling to treat patients as a state of emergency was declared in hospitals, reports AFP from Karachi. The majority of people died in government-run hospitals in the port city of Karachi,…

Sister Nirmala Joshi, who succeeded Mother Teresa as head of her Missionaries of Charity in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, died yesterday at the age of 81, AFP reports quoting church officials. Joshi had been suffering from a heart condition and her health had been deteriorating recently, confining…

The High Court yesterday granted bail to former minister and Awami League leader Abdul Latif Siddique in 10 cases filed against him for hurting religious sentiment. In response to separate bail petitions, the High Court (HC) bench comprising Justice Md Nizamul Huq and Justice Md Farid Ahmed Shibli also…

Indian prosecutors said yesterday they have formally charged eight men over the rape of an elderly Catholic nun that shocked the country earlier this year, reports AFP from Kolkata. The nun, who is in her 70s, needed surgery after the attack in March when a gang of robbers broke into the convent school…

CNG stations will remain open round the clock for 10 days from July 10 to 19 next to ensure the smooth fuel supply to passenger-carrying vehicles on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. Transport and Bridge Minister Obaidul Quader said this at a high-level meeting on transportation held at Biam auditorium on…