Enormous explosions in a major Chinese port city killed at least 44 people and injured more than 500, officials said yesterday, leaving a devastated industrial…

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s visit to London for treatment may be deferred to a date later this month due to ‘pressing need to remain in the country for political and personal reasons’, according to party sources. Though the BNP chief was supposed to leave Dhaka tonight for her health…

Moslehuddin Khan, one of the convicted killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is now residing in the United States. US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat made it known yesterday at a meeting with State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam at his office, diplomatic sources told The…

Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Dr Mizanur Rahman yesterday said the fragile state of the country’s rule of law leads to brutality in a society, reports UNB. “The fragile state of the country’s rule of law is one of the prime reasons behind rise in the incidents…

A case was filed on Wednesday with the Joydevpur Police Station alleging rape of a girl, a student of class 3, by a youth in Gazipur city on August 07. The victim’s father, Babul Miah, filed a written complaint with the police as the girl fell ill and was admitted to Gazipur Shahid Taz Uddin Ahmed…

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced Mahmudur Rahman, acting editor of the daily Amar Desh, to three years’ jail in a case for non-submission of his wealth statement and also income sources filed with Anti-Corruption Commission, reports UNB. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of Dhaka Special Judge’s…

A leader and an activist of the ruling Awami League (AL) were shot dead and two others injured by unknown assailants in the capital’s Badda area last night. Of the deceased, one was identified as Shamsu Mollah, vice-president of Ward-6 unit AL, and the other was Manik, an employee of private clinic…