Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said that it makes little sense to repatriate a 5-member family (by Myanmar) out of the total 11 lakh. “It is also none of our concern as the Myanmar authorities repatriated them from the zero line of Myanmar territory,” he told The Independent over telephone…

A quarter of the $951 million joint response plan launched on March 16 to look after hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas, who had to take shelter in Cox’s Bazar to escape the brutalities of the Myanmar security forces, local Buddhist mobs and people from other communities in Rakhine, will be spent…

An abnormal surge in diesel demand has prompted the state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) to launch an internal probe as it suspects diesel is being smuggled to neighbouring India. Data from the BPC show that the diesel demand in March was 4,97,000 metric tonnes, whereas the demand was…

Dhaka's rail communications with other parts of the country resumed after three hours of disruption yesterday afternoon following the derailment of…

A cargo ship carrying 775 metric tonnes of coal capsized in the Pashur River in Mongla upazila near the Sundarbans on Saturday night, reports UNB. Commander Oli Ullah, harbour master of Mongla Port, said Jashore-bound 'MV-Bilash' capsized in the river around 10pm after loading coal from mother…

The young generation's addiction to social media is gradually taking an alarming turn, said Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy yesterday, reports UNB. "Seeing their addiction to the internet, I've to say that Facebook is now a fakebook," he said while inaugurating…