A Gaibandha court yesterday sentenced seven people including a former Jatiya Party MP to death for their roles in killing Awami League lawmaker from Gaibandha-1…

The UN Refugee Agency yesterday said it is extremely difficult to set a timeline when the conducive environment for the return of Rohingyas will be created. The UNHCR called on the international community to continue its support to Bangladesh and the humanitarian response while, in parallel, working…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday opened four newly-completed development projects, including the installation of solar panels in CHT’s remote areas and national data centre in Kaliakair and commissioning of five ships and one survey vessel for the Kaptai Lake. She launched the development…

The Bangladesh Deve­lopment Forum (BDF) 2020 is set to take place in Dhaka in January next year focusing on the issues relevant to the government’s 8th Five Year Plan and election manifesto. Increasing climate vulnerabilities, speed of urbanisation in the country, localisation of SDGs, addressing…

Following in the footsteps of the jail authorities, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has formed a three-member committee to investigate how two death-row convicts involved in the Holey Artisan attack managed to don caps bearing the symbol of Islamic State (IS) after the verdict. The DMP deputy commissioner…