The High Court yesterday expressed dissatisfaction over an incomplete report, submitted by Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), stating that there are 14 Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in two sadar hospitals and 59 Coronary Care Units (CCUs) in five have been functioning. Among the 14 ICUs, 10…

Senior secretary of the Bridges Division of the road transport and bridges ministry, Khandker Anwarul Islam, is going to be appointed as cabinet secretary…

A former Swechchhasebak League leader in Naria upazila has been accused of snatching five suspects from the custody of a mobile court. Mostofa Sikdar, the Swechchhasebak League leader in question, and his brother Sumon Sikdar reportedly obstructed the mobile court led by Executive Magistrate and Naria…

The High Court (HC) will deliver its order on a bail petition filed by Aysha Siddika Minni in connection with a case filed over the murder of her husband, Rifat Sharif, at 2pm today (Thursday). After concluding hearing on the petition in a jam-packed courtroom, an HC bench, comprising Justice M Enayetur…

Lingering smoke in the Amazon caused concern Tuesday among Brazilians who say that respiratory problems — particularly among children and the elderly…

At least 23 people were killed after a fire broke out in a bar in southern Mexico Tuesday night, NBC News reported, with authorities investigating a possible arson attack. Thirteen others were left seriously injured following the blaze in the southern port city of Coatzacoalcos, NBC said, citing a statement…

The head of a US government advisory board on Tuesday voiced concern over India's drive to register citizens in the northeastern state of Assam, amid fears it could disenfranchise millions, most of them Muslims. Tony Perkins -- chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom,…

At least 500 incidents of protest have broken out in Indian Kashmir since New Delhi stripped the region of its autonomy and imposed a military clampdown more than three weeks ago, a senior government source told AFP yesterday. The Himalayan valley is under a strict lockdown, imposed hours before India's…