Born in India 71 years ago, Mohammed Rehat Ali is still traumatised a month after his release from a detention camp, struggling to shake off a fear for the future shared by millions -- many of them Muslims -- under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The push to render stateless people described as "infiltrators"…

The High Court (HC) yesterday directed two city corporations to take effective steps within 24 hours to eradicate and destroy Aedes mosquitoes as well as to take other preventive measures to stop the spread of dengu, chikungunya and other similar diseases in the city. In a suo motu move, the HC bench…

Ayesha Siddiqa Minni yesterday alleged that conspiracies are being hatched against her to save the ‘real killers’ of her husband, Rifat Sharif, who was brutally hacked in broad daylight in Barguna. She was addressing the media in her house, a day after Rifat’s father had accused his…

On the first day of the five-day deputy commissioners’ (DCs’) conference that started yesterday (Sunday), the minister for social welfare, Nuruzzaman Ahmed, said at a session that they have asked the DCs to properly implement the programmes under the social safety net. “We never tolerate…

Britain's ambassador to Washington believed US President Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal because it was associated with his predecessor Barack Obama, according to leaked documents published Saturday. "The administration is set upon an act of diplomatic vandalism, seemingly…