The chairman of the National River Protection Commission (NRPC), Dr Mujibur Rahman Hawlader, has said that a Tk. 5,000 crore project was taken up by the Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) to address the water-logging problem of Chittagong, but it started the work without evicting illegal establishments…

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday stayed the High Court (HC) order directing two bus owners to give Tk 1 crore to the family of Rajib Hossain, who was killed after losing an arm to a road accident in the capital recently. However, the apex court directed the High Court Division to…

In a pathetic example of human callousness, a stillborn baby was dumped into a hospital dustbin in Chattogram yesterday. The body of the male child was finally recovered from a Chattogram City Corporation vehicle carrying medical waste after 10 hours. The incident happened at People’s Hospital…

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg will say sorry to the European Parliament, pledging that the social media giant has learned hard lessons from a massive…

Hotter than average temperatures have killed at least 65 people in just three days in Karachi, Pakistan, reports CNN from Islamadad. Temperatures reached a high of 44 degrees Celsius (111 Fahrenheit) on Monday, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department, way above the average daily high for…

More than two dozen pro-government forces based in Syria's desert died in a surprise Islamic State group attack yesterday, a day after the jihadists' ouster from the outskirts of Damascus, a monitor said, reports AFP. "At least 26 regime soldiers and allied forces were killed in an IS attack…