In February alone this year, nearly 465 people were killed and 2,562 others injured due to human rights violations, said a monthly report of the Bangladesh Society for the Enforcement of Human Rights (BSEHR). The condition of human rights in the county is worrisome, according to the rights body. Through…

A Chittagong court yesterday sentenced to jail three people including a manager of Rupali Bank to five years and fined them Tk 30,12,466 in a case filed by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) for embezzlement of bank money. The court also acquitted three others as allegations against them were not…

Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) member Alamgir Hossain, who was arrested in connection with the murder of a Hindu priest in Debiganj upazila, made his confessional statement before a court yesterday, reports UNB from Panchagarh. Senior Judicial Magistrate Hakim Marzia Khatun recorded the…

Bangladesh T20 and ODI skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has been cheated by SME Lone Services, who issued  an appointment letter for him and sent it to his BCB address yesterday. To get the letter, Mashrafe, who was busy in intense practice with the squad at Mirpur Indoor Stadium for the tomorrow’s…

Hundreds of young men in India's Bihar state have been made to strip down to their underwear while appearing for an army recruitment test in an attempt to prevent cheating, reports BBC. Photographs showed candidates sitting cross-legged in a field in Muzaffarpur town wearing only their underpants.…

India's cricket board on Tuesday criticised authorities in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh after they refused to provide security for an upcoming India-Pakistan World T20 tie, citing a January attack on an Indian army base, reports AFP from New Delhi. Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said Sunday…

Officials say a record 376 nominations have been submitted for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize as the jury is set to start selecting this year's winner, reports UNB. The Norwegian Nobel Committee yesterday said that there are 228 individuals and 148 organizations among the contenders for the prestigious…

The BNP yesterday (Tuesday) demanded fresh union parishad (UP) polls where its chairperson candidates were prevented from submitting their nomination…