Twenty-three people have died of starvation in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya since Dec 1, Doctors Without Borders said yesterday, as the United Nations prepared an aid delivery to the area, reports AFP from Geneva. The UN said there were 40,000 people -- half of them children -- who needed immediate…

State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki yesterday said the Awami League government imbued with ideals of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman could not be removed from power by any evil force, reports BSS. She said the trial of the war criminals overcoming many obstacles is going…

The 36th BCS preliminary examination was held simultaneously in Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Barisal, Khulna, Sylhet and Rangpur centres yesterday, reports UNB. The two-hour test ended at 11:30 am beginning from 9:30 am. Over 2 lakh examinees took part in the preliminary test. Earlier, the Bangladesh…

Member of Advisory Council of Awami League (AL) Dr SA Malek yesterday said no unity would be forged with those who have patronized militancy, reports BSS. “It is not possible to form a national unity with those people who have patronized and nurtured militancy. . . Without ideological similarity,…

Sherpur: Three teenagers were killed as a truck smashed their motorcycle in a head-on collision Nalitabair-Nakugaon road at Noyabil in Nalitabari upazila yesterday afternoon, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Jamal Uddin, 18, son of Abdur Rahim, M Nazrul Islam, 18, son of Alal uddin, and…

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif yesterday alleged that it is the BNP that believes in the politics of splitting up political parties and not the Awami League. “It is BNP founder late General Ziaur Rahman, who had started the politics of splitting parties and forming new…

Observing that Bangladesh is on the right track in its development drive, South Korea has said Bangladesh needs to grow its size of the development ‘pie’ further to enter an advanced society maintaining ‘social stability’, reports UNB. “First of all, you’ll have to…

Awami League Advisory Council member Suranjit Sengupta yesterday said his party would not forge any understanding violating or amending the constitution, reports BSS. “If talks or dialogues are required for polls then talks can be held at the time of election. No talks can be held beyond the constitution,”…

Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor yesterday said BNP Chairperson  Khaleda Zia has no right to do politics in Bangladesh as she do not believe in its history and disrespected the supreme sacrifices of the Liberation War martyrs, reports BSS. “Questioning the total figure of the Liberation…

Bangladesh Online Activists Forum (BOAF) yesterday said the rule of law has now been established in Bangladesh through the execution of the killers of Kazi Aref Ahmed, a leader of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD), reports BSS. In a statement, BOAF president Kabir Chowdhury said, “Bangladesh is now…

Two employees of a food manufacturing company were hacked to death and another youth was injured in an attack by miscreants in Khadimnagar BSCIC area of Sylhet yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased were identified as Raju, 19, of Chandpur’s Hajiganj, and Tabuk Miah, 20, of Shariatpur. Injured Russell…

Police in Nicaragua have rescued 15 Bangladeshi migrants wandering on a highway. The Bangladeshis were rescued while they were wandering after their smugglers abandoned them, according to the Associated Press. Quoting Police Commissioner Leonidas Roque, local media on Thursday reported that the migrants…