The flood situation is likely to improve in some areas of Chittagong, Bandarban and Cox’s Bazar in the next 24 hours, Flood Forecast and Warning…

The government is going to create 8,433 posts, in different categories, for the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and the Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP), to ensure security for 3 crore people living in these two metro cities. Of the 8,433 posts, two posts of additional commissioner rank, two posts…

Former post and telecommunications minister Latif Siddique has claimed that the Awami League (AL) does not have any jurisdiction to cancel his party membership for making controversial comments on Hajj. Latif sent a letter to the Election commission yesterday, stating that the decision to cancel his…

Separate Dhaka courts yesterday sent BNP leader Amanullah Aman to jail in a number of cases filed for arson attacks and vandalism during the BNP-led 20-party alliance’s blockade and hartal programme, reports UNB. Ten Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Courts, one Senior Judicial Magistrate Court and…

Two children were raped in Rayerbazar and Mirpur areas of the capital on Saturday night, just two days after a salesgirl was gang-rape in Uttara on Thursday. Police have arrested one person in connection with the rape in Rayerbazar. Inspector Mainul Hossain, officer-in-charge of Hajaribagh Police Station,…

Dhaka will seek to know from Delhi why the General Security Forces Court of India's BSF had upheld a previous court of inquiry verdict absolving its Constable Amiya Ghose from charges of murdering Bangladeshi girl Felani Khatun. Dhaka will make the plea during the 5-day Director General (DG)-level…

Two more people, including the alleged prime accused, were arrested yesterday in connection with the intra-party clash and firefight between factions of Chhatra League in Magura that killed one and injured a pregnant woman along with the baby in her womb. After day long drama, Raid Action Battalion…