A section of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists yesterday called off their strike at Chittagong University (CU) following assurance by the vice-chancellor of an impartial probe into the murder of BCL central leader Diaz Irfan Chowdhury. The protesters are mostly supporters of a section of BCL…

A case of unnatural death was filed with Chawkbazar police station of Chittagong late on Monday night over the death of 10 people in a stampede at the ‘qulkhwani’ of former Chittagong city mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury at a community centre in the port city. Arun Das, the brother of one…

Sixty-five journalists and media workers were killed worldwide in 2017, according to annual figures published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) yesterday,…

The year 2017 saw significant destruction to the Islamic State (IS), which lost almost all of its self-proclaimed “Caliphate” in Iraq and Syria, but experts warn the group is adapting and continues to be a threat, reports AFP from Paris. Within hours of the start of the year, an Uzbek who…

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim will visit Cox's Bazar today to meet Rohingyas and see the situation on the ground, reports UNB. He will visit…

Golam Mostafa, MP of Gaibandha-1 constituency, who was injured seriously in a road accident on November 18, died at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in…