United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar Yanghee Lee will arrive in Dhaka tomorrow on three-day visit to see for herself the situation evolved in Cox’s Bazar from the military crackdown on the other side of the border that forced about 70,000 Rohingyas to cross…

At least 15 people were injured as a rabid dog attacked them at Sirajdikhan upazila from Thursday evening to Friday morning in Munshiganj, reports UNB. Nazrul Islam, union parishad chairman of Shekharnagar union, said that the dog bit at least 15 people of Boram, Araibaria, Goshnagar, Chitracoat and…

WikiLeaks has released three classified CIA espionage orders revealing details of an alleged seven-month long spying campaign by the agency ahead of the 2012 French presidential election, reports rt.com. The documents disclose that all of France’s major political parties were targeted for infiltration…

A suspected member of an outlawed party was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Rajbari while an alleged yaba trader was killed in a gunfight between groups yesterday, reports UNB quoting police. The gunfight in Rajbari took place at Maura Bongram in Pangsha upazila. The deceased was identified…

New Zealand sits atop a previously unknown continent—mostly submerged beneath the South Pacific—that should be recognised with the name Zealandia,…

Underwater meadows of seagrass offer important protection against pollution to both humans and coral reefs, but are in jeopardy worldwide due to climate change, sewage and agricultural runoff, researchers said Thursday, reports AFP from Boston. Places with healthy seagrass—where sponges, clams,…