It took only three hours of pounding rainfall to nearly deluge many Dhaka neighbourhoods as the un-cleared drainage system clogged with poly bags, nets and garbage found it difficult to flush out just 81mm of rains between 6am-9am yesterday, leaving commuters bearing the brunt of it to negotiate the…

The education ministry has reduced the number of subjects and total marks in the Junior School Certificate (JSC) and equivalent examinations to ease the pressure of studies on students. A total of 200 marks has been dropped from the JSC examinations and 100 marks in the Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC)…

UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, has made it clear that conditions are not yet safe and secure for the sustainable return of Rohingyas to Myanmar though Myanmar has sent a small list of verified citizens for repatriation, reports UNB. "Right at the moment, we don't believe conditions have been…

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNDP, the UN Development Programme, yesterday agreed with the government of Myanmar in Nay Pyi Taw on the text for the tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), reports UNB. It is planned that the MoU will be signed in the course of the next week, the exact date…

Two more suspected drug peddlers were killed in reported gunfights between their rivals in Madaripur and Jashore districts early yesterday, reports UNB. With these deaths, a total of 134 people have been killed in alleged gunfights with law enforcers and among criminal groups across the country since…