Amnesty International India has temporarily closed its offices and postponed events aimed at raising awareness of rights abuses over safety concerns for its staff after the charity was accused of sedition by protesters, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday, reports Times of India from New Delhi. Political…

Bangladeshi expatriate imam Maulana Alauddin Akhonjee, who along with his assistant was shot to death in New York of the US on Saturday, was laid to eternal rest at Gospara village in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj yesterday, reports UNB. Alauddin Akhonjee was buried at his family graveyard around…

A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Thursday seeking its directive for collecting Tk 1 crore as compensation from those responsible for the death of Indian elephant ‘Bangabahadur’, reports UNB. Supreme Court lawyer adv Yunus Ali Akand filed the writ petition with the relevant…

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday urged parliament members to be careful while enacting any law noting as a flawed law creates pressure on the judiciary, reports UNB. “I hope whenever our honourable parliament members will formulate any law that will be the appropriate one,” he…

A photograph of a dazed and bloodied Syrian boy rescued from a destroyed building in Aleppo after an air strike has caused outrage around the world, reports…