Motorcycle gunmen shot dead two Pakistan traffic police in the southern port city of Karachi yesterday, AFP reports quoting officials. The assailants attacked the policemen while they were on duty in a busy central district, shooting them in the head. "The constables were targeted while controlling…

Nearly half the schools run by the UN in the Middle East have been attacked, damaged or rendered inoperable in the past five years, according to a new report obtained by the BBC. The report by UNRWA, the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees, warns that the education of thousands of children has…

More than one lakh volunteers have been kept prepared in 14 costal districts to save lives and property from the fallout of cyclonic storm 'Roanu', Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya said yesterday, reports UNB. “There are 55,000 volunteers from the…

Iraqi forces killed at least two people while trying to disperse protesters who broke into the fortified Green Zone area in central Baghdad, officials said yesterday, reports AFP. Security and medical officials also said at least 57 people were wounded in Friday’s unrest, in which forces used…

Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif yesterday said the government would rehabilitate 50,000 homeless people by 2018, reports BSS. “The government would provide house along with khas land to homeless people across the country,” he said while speaking as the chief guest at Land Administration…

Putting emphasis on increasing allocation in education sector, Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Professor Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique yesterday said educated population is the highest defense for the country, reports BSS. “We’ve the necessity of defense sector, but if there is no educated…

FARIDPUR: Two foreign nationals have been sent to jail custody yesterday after they were arrested on Friday evening on charge of mugging in the filling station, reports BSS. According to police sources, on charge of mugging and robbery one Devd Yar Bigi Darvi Sund alias Daud and another Ali Reza alias…

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said the teachers never get retired, reports BSS. “Teachers never get retired...they never get off spreading education, moreover the power of distributing knowledge increased with the passage of time,” he said. He was speaking as the chief guest…

Dutch Ambassador to Bangladesh Leoni Cuelenaere visited Population Services Training Center (PSTC) programmes in Masterbari of Gazipur. During her visit…

CHAPAINAWABGANJ: Police recovered 350 bottles of phensidyl, 600 grams of hemp, 28 litres of local wine and 23 yaba tablets in separate raids on Friday night and yesterday, reports BSS. Receiving secret information, a contingent of police from Chapainawabganj Sadar police conducted a raid in old market…