A special representative of the United Nations secretary general yesterday painted a horrendous picture of systemic rape and other sexual abuses against Rohingya women and girls in Rakhine state by the Myanmar security forces, local Buddhist mobs and other ethnic groups. Rapes and other sexual abuses…

Comilla Victorians caught Rajshahi Kings in spin-web to secure a nine-wicket victory, taking them in the third position of the points table of the Bangladesh…

The government is trying to get the time of the Malaysian government’s rehiring programme extended so that around five lakh Bangladeshis living illegally (undocumented) in that country can get enforcement cards (E-card). The rehiring programme, which was launched on February 15, 2016 in Malaysia,…

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam yesterday said that the judiciary has been freed from a burden following the resignation of the Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha. The chief law officer of the state also said that the resignation of Chief Justice SK Sinha caused no constitutional void in the country.…

A High Court (HC) bench yesterday asked the government why it should not amend the Children Act 2013, as the court found that adults were being tried in the children’s court thanks to ambiguity in the act. The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Shahidul Karim put this question to…

The ruling Awami League (AL) has once again rejected BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s longstanding demand to hold the next general election under a neutral poll-time government. “The next polls will be held under the Election Commission (EC) and not under a non-partisan government. As in other…