The United States has claimed that the government of Bangladesh used counterterrorism efforts to justify restrictions of civil and political rights, reports UNB. The government responded with a strong anti-militancy drive, which human rights groups claim has resulted in increased extrajudicial killings,…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday criticised her cabinet member AMA Muhith for praising the role of microcredit and Dr Muhammad Yunus in eradicating the country’s poverty, reports UNB. “A couple of days back, our finance minister highly praised microcredit and said poverty eradication…

Known for his sharp sense of humour, President Abdul Hamid yesterday hilariously shared the ‘shortcomings’ of his academic life sending the…

Artificial human life could soon be grown from scratch in the lab, after scientists successfully created a mammal embryo using only stem cells. Cambridge…

Interns at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogra continued their work abstention for the third consecutive day yesterday, causing suffering to the patients, reports UNB. Besides, several medical colleges and hospital across the country started their work abstention expressing their…

At least 20 people, including a policeman and a local journalist, were injured in a clash between the leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League and traders at Parker Mor in Rangpur city yesterday afternoon, reports UNB. Mehedi Hasan Shishir, president of Begum Rokeya University unit of BCL,…

Shahinur Rahman, a bus driver’s assistant who died after getting shot during Wednesday’s clash between transport workers and law enforcers, was shot by fellow transport workers, says the case statement filed by police over the death. “The man was killed by bullets fired by other transport…