Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday came down heavily on a section of people for their attitude during any fire incident, urging them to change their mentality and help douse the blaze instead. “When a fire incident takes place, huge number of people usually gather at the place of occurrence…

At least five people, including a college student and two others in the capital, were killed in road crashes yesterday. Students blocked the Mostafa Majir intersection of Rampura-Demra Road after a first-year student was killed in a road accident yesterday morning. The victim, 19-year-old Ibne Tasnim…

At least 1,234 people were killed and 2,055 others injured in road, train and riverway accidents across the country in the first three months of this year. Road Safety Foundation, a non-government organisation, yesterday revealed this in its regular monthly survey and observation report. The report…

The United Nations has said the Myanmar military is again carrying out attacks against its own civilians which may constitute war crimes and said they are “deeply disturbed” by the intensification of conflicts in Rakhine State in recent weeks. “The consequences of impunity will continue…

Ailing general secretary of the Awami League Obaidul Quader was released yesterday from the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, where he was treated. Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, was discharged from the hospital at around 3:00pm (local time), on Friday and moved to a rented house…

Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar were pushed back yesterday from a key checkpoint less than 30 kilometres (18 miles) from Tripoli, checking…

The Bangladesh Embassy in Libya yesterday advised all Bangladeshi nationals living in Tripoli and its adjacent cities to remain alert to avert any undesirable incident following the Libyan government’s issuance of ‘State of Alert’. The government of Libya issued State of Alert following…