At least 7 Rohingya people, including three children, died in two separate incidents as they were trying to reach Bangladesh. At least four Rohingya were killed yesterday when their boat sank off the coast of Bangladesh, police said, just hours after three babies drowned as they reached shore in a separate…

The historic 7th March speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has been recognised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific…

The doctors and staff of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday shut all medical services of the outdoor unit following an alleged attack on some doctors by the angry relatives of a patient who died at the hospital on October 29. The Intern Doctors' Union of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital…

Around 600 parliamentarians from 52 Commonwealth countries will assemble today at the annual flagship event of the 63rd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) to address the critical issues facing today’s parliaments.  Dhaka will host the CPC conference for the first time with the theme…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have arrested four alleged members of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including a pilot of Biman Bangladesh…

The foreign ministry yesterday summoned Pakistan high commissioner in Dhaka over posting a video regarding the declaration of the country’s independence on a webpage maintained by the mission. Strongly protesting against the posting of the video, Dhaka sought an apology from Islamabad as well…

Despite a lapse of more than 10 years since the separation between the judiciary and the executive, the government is yet to establish an independent secretariat for the judiciary. The failure to establish a separate secretariat for the judiciary has ushered in the culture of executive autocracy over…