Bangladesh scored 10th position in the list of high suicide-prone countries, as it witnessed nearly eight incidents of suicides among every 100,000 people, an official from the World Health Organisation said recently. Experts suggested increased anti-suicide campaign in the country fearing the fatal…

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has given permission to 5,000 more pilgrims in addition to its fixed quota for Bangladesh to perform hajj this time, according to sources of Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh. The permission came two days after Bangladesh’s Ministry of Religion Affairs sent a letter to Saudi…

BNP yesterday expressed its solidarity with the movement of public university teachers for a separate pay scale by re-fixing the 8th national pay scale.…

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will appear before a Dhaka court today in connection with the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases. This has been confirmed by barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon, one of Khaleda Zia’s counsels. Citing health issues, the former prime minister did not appear…

Police seized 49 rear species of turtles from Azampur kitchen market in the city’s Dakkhin Khan area yesterday afternoon, reports UNB. Police also arrested two people in this connection. Tipped-off, a team of Dakkhin Khan Police Station challenged a microbus near Azampur kitchen market at around…

Two boys were tortured in separate incidents in Laxmipur and Tangail district in past two days. In Noakhali,  a mentally challenged boy was beaten after being tied up with a pillar over a theft charge at Bangla Bazar under Ramganj upazila of Laxmipur yesterday. The victim was identified as Yeasin,…

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is set to file 54 cases in connection with swindling out of about Tk1,000 crore from state-run Basic Bank Limited, reports UNB. The Commission at a meeting on Tuesday approved proposals to file the cases against 80-54 people, including bank officials, skipping the…

A young housewife was found lying senseless and starving on a road near Hathirjeel Project in the city yesterday. Police suspect the woman was deserted…

Five people were killed and more than 50 others injured in a road accident on the Hatikumrul-Bonpara highway at Khalkula area in Tarash upazila Tuesday night. Two of the deceased were identified as Badsha Mian, 38, a resident of Farid Pangashi village in Shahjadpur upazila, and Atab Ali, 35, of Bhadrokol…

Comilla: Two construction workers died from electrocution while another was injured in Burichang upazila yesterday morning, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Mahsin, 35, and Ismail, 37. Witnesses said Mahsin, Ismail and Rasel came in contact with a live electric wire when they were working…

The government has undertaken a Tk12,773.37 lakh project for training of poor women across the country to involve them in income generating activities, reports BSS. State Minister for Women and Child Affairs Begum Meher Afroz Chumki disclosed this in the Jatiya Sangsad, while replying to a question…