At least seven people, including a Special Branch (SB) police officer, were killed and four others were injured in separate road crashes in five districts across the country yesterday. In Narayanganj, a sub-inspector of Special Branch was killed after a truck hit his motorcycle around 4 pm near Kanchon…

BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed yesterday laid emphasis on forging a national unity to create awareness among people to tackle the coronavirus.  "I think we should not only depend on what the government is doing to face coronavirus. We need to forge a nation unity to make people aware (of the…

Awami League-backed lawyer AM Amin Uddin was elected the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) while BNP-backed lawyer Barrister Ruhul…

A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with DB police on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Choygharia in Chandina upazila early yesterday. The deceased was identified as Khokon of Barguna district. Tipped off that a group of robbers were preparing to commit robbery, a team of DB police conducted…

A Chinese government campaign to cast doubt on the origin of the coronavirus pandemic is fuelling a row with the United States, with a Beijing official promoting conspiracy theories and Washington calling it the “Wuhan virus”. The spat comes as China tries to deflect blame for the contagion…

Armed police patrols and greater surveillance introduced in New Zealand after last year’s mosque shootings have ignited debate in the laid-back country about whether the response has gone too far. The mass shootings which killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch on March 15…

US air strikes targeting pro-Iranian military factions in Iraq killed one civilian and five security personnel early yesterday, the Iraqi military said,…