The rains along with the heat have been unusually high this month. A similar effect was witnessed in the wake of last year’s El Nino, which had robbed the winter of its biting cold. After experiencing temperatures bordering 40 degrees Celsius, the country recorded a total of 8,131 mm of rains…

The government yesterday extended the time limit for this year’s Hajj registration till Tuesday (April 25). Earlier, the government had fixed April 23 as the last date for registration of hajj pilgrims. Religious Affairs Minister Principal Motiur Rahman announced this when the newly elected officials…

An American citizen has been detained in North Korea as he tried to leave the country, South Korean media say, reports BBC. The man was identified only…

The government has finalised a list of 285 private colleges to nationalise as a part of its decision to set up a government college in each upazila of the country. The Secondary and Higher Education Division under the Education Ministry has directed the authorities of these private colleges to hand…

Eight more people, who suffered burn injuries in a boiler explosion at a rice mill in Sadar upazila on Wednesday last, died yesterday, raising the death toll from the incident to 12, reports UNB. They succumbed to their injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) in the capital, Rangpur Medical…