Following the killing of the Japanese national, the United Kingdom and Australia yesterday updated travel advices for their citizens living in Bangladesh…

The government does not have proper information on the locations and status of over one-and-a-half lakh foreigners living in Bangladesh at present, according to sources in the police and home ministry. Moreover, there are many foreign nationals residing illegally in this country without anyone’s…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday came down heavily on the agitating public university teachers as their programme is hampering the academic life of students, reports UNB. “They’ve no right to stop the academic activities of students,” she said. The Prime Minister was speaking…

Security measures were beefed up in the capital’s Gulshan-Banani-Baridhara diplomatic zone and adjacent areas following the recent killings of two foreign nationals in the country. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) officials have set up additional cheek posts inside the diplomatic Zone to enhance…

Medical college admission seekers yesterday blocked the Shahbagh intersection, one of the busiest points in the capital to press their demand of rearranging…

A Dhaka court yesterday sent Jesmin Jahan Nrittya, wife of cricketer Shahadat Hossain, to jail in a case filed for torturing their domestic help. After a hearing on bail and remand petitions, Metropolitan Magistrate Younus Khan rejected both and ordered her to jail. He also gave permission to police…

The licences of two firearms of Manjurul Islam Liton MP who allegedly injured a minor boy with stray bullets at Gopalcharan village in Sundarganj upazila early Friday, were revoked yesterday for ‘the sake of public safety’, reports UNB. Deputy Commissioner of Gaibandha, Abdus Samad, said…