A total of 250 child-friendly schools (CFS) in Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar are vulnerable to landslides in the rainy season. Over 26,000 refugee children are learning basic education and being given psychological support in these UNICEF-run schools. Contacted, Mohammad Abul Kalam, Refugee…

Four suspected drug peddlers, a 'robber' and a 'mugger' were killed in separate 'gunfights' with law enforcers in Barishal, Feni, Mymensingh, Dinajpur, Jashore and Tangail districts early yesterday, reports UNB. In Barishal, an unidentified member of a 'robber gang' was…

Expressing her government's firm stance against drugs, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said it will completely eradicate the menace from the country as it did in the case of militancy, reports UNB. "We've contained militancy. Now, we've taken an initiative to save the country…

In a stuffy basketball stadium in southern Gaza, the stands are packed. Young people, the elderly and families sit on blue and yellow plastic seats, their eyes fixed on the court. But there is no game, and these people are not fans but hopeful travellers. The crowds carry suitcases with them and have…

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin confirmed yesterday that Washington and Beijing have agreed to back off from imposing tariffs on each other, a day after reaching an accord on slashing the American trade deficit with China, reports AFP from Washington. "We have made very meaningful progress…