The innovative data collection technology employed by the United Nations refugee agency for the first stage of Rohingya family counting in Bangladesh has revealed a worrying statistic - one-third of the Rohingya population is vulnerable, reports UNB. "In an innovative and revealing family counting…

After upgrading the rank of chief of the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) to Air Chief Marshal from Air Marshal early last year, the government is now planning to create one more rank of assistant vice marshal in its organogram for creating a new wing (planning) for strengthening the BAF’s activities.…

Mubashar Hasan, an assistant professor at North South University’s political science and sociology department, has been missing since Tuesday afternoon,…

Foreign minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali yesterday briefed the envoys of Myanmar’s four neighbouring countries -- China, India, Thailand and Laos -- on the ongoing Rohingya crisis severely affecting Bangladesh. Projecting the magnitude of the problem, the foreign minister requested Myanmar’s…

The Sylhet phase of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) ended yesterday with the first defeat of the hosts Sylhet Sixers to a rejuvenated Khulna Titans, who rode on an excellent bowling performance from their bowlers to secure a six-wicket victory at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. So far, Sylhet’s…

Police arrested four people, including an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Industrial Police of Gazipur, from Bypile area of Ashulia in Savar yesterday  morning on charge of demanding toll from four people after making them hostage, reports UNB. Of the arrestees, one was identified as Makbul Hossian,…