At least 15 Rohingya refugees have died and dozens more are unaccounted for after their overcrowded wooden boats heading for Malaysia sank off the coast of St. Martin's Island in the Bay of Bengal. The Navy headquarters stated that out of the 15 deceased, 12 were women and three children. A total…

The government will purchase 50 brand-new Mitsubishi Pajero jeeps, which fall under the category of sport utility vehicles (SUVs), for upazila nirbahi officers (UNO) soon. The jeeps will be purchased through Pragati Industries Limited, a state-owned vehicle assembling plant, at a cost of Tk 94 lakh…

The death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak surged past 1,000 in China yesterday as the World Health Organization warned that the epidemic poses a “very grave” global threat. The WHO is holding a conference in Geneva on combating the virus as Beijing struggles to contain a disease…

The Bangladesh under-19 cricket team, that lifted the first ever World Cup for the country in any sport at any level, will return home from Potchefstroom by an Emirates Airlines flight at 4:55pm today. State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president…