Myanmar government forces committed rape and other sexual violence against ethnic Rohingya women and girls as young as 13 during security operations in northern Rakhine State in late 2016, Human Rights Watch said yesterday, reports UNB. The international rights group also urged the Myanmar government…

Jahangir Alam, alias Rajib, alias Gandhi, alias Subash, alias Santoo, alias Tiger, alias Adil, alias Jahid, 32, one of the masterminds of the Holey Artisan Bakery attack in Dhaka’s Gulshan area, was placed on remand for 15 days by two Bogra courts yesterday (Monday). This was in connection with…

Queen Elizabeth II, the world’s longest reigning sovereign, yesterday set a new record as the first British monarch to reach her sapphire jubilee,…

Dozens of tech companies, including behemoths like Apple, Google, and Facebook, are siding with Washington state and Minnesota as they fight President Donald Trump’s ban on refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States, reports AFP from Seattle.…

The mystery of the missing baby crocodiles at the Koromjol breeding centre in the Sundarbans was solved on Sunday night. After suspecting an employee and a part-timer of poaching, the foresters found out that a leopard cat was to blame for the deaths. They shot the cat dead on Sunday. Since January…

Veteran Awami League leader and parliamentarian Suranjit Sengupta was cremated at his ancestral home in Derai upazila of Sumanganj yesterday. The body of the veteran political leader arrived in Sylhet from Dhaka earlier in the day. A helicopter carrying the body touched down Sylhet Osmani International…