Bangladesh Police personnel are going to get automatic small arms, besides conventional weapons, to face well-armed terrorists and maintain law and order sternly. For providing the automatic arms, the home ministry is preparing a guideline for the police on arms privilege. It would be finalised soon,…

At least 20 houses of Hindus were torched at a settlement on railway land in Bochaganj upazila of Dinajpur early yesterday, creating panic in the area.…

Rohingyas are having to cough up money at every step to cross the Bangladesh-Myanmar border to reach refugee camps in Bangladesh. After reaching the camps, a new struggle begins to enter the camps and to get a space for living. Here a syndicate realises money from each of them and forces them to pay…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday ruled out the possibility of procuring any special aircraft for her safer journeys saying there is no scope in Bangladesh to go for such luxury at this moment. “Any scope of showing luxury of having dedicated aircraft for President and Prime Minister is…

Hackers have stolen 2 billion rubles -- equivalent to $31 million -- from accounts that banks keep at Russia's central bank, CNN reports. The Bank of Russia confirmed the heist to on Friday. Hackers tried to steal 5 billion rubles, but the central banking authority managed to stop them and redirect…

The broadcasting of local advertisements on downlinked foreign television channels has been stopped following intervention by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, according to leaders of Media Unity, a newly formed platform of private TV channels’ owners, producers, professionals and officials. The information…