An 11-year-old boy fell ill after air was pumped into his stomach through his rectum at a workshop in the capital’s Mohammadpur area yesterday, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Aron Miah, a child worker of Meghla Automobiles of Basila and son of Md Abed Ali of Brahmanbaria. Aron’s…

The Appellate Division yesterday asked for the records of a talk show aired by private television channel Samay TV to examine whether the comments made…

The bodies of seven Bangladeshi fishermen out of 17, who had gone missing while fishing in the Bay-of-Bengal over two weeks ago, were recovered from a river in Chabbish Paragana of West Bengal in India on Tuesday, reports from UNB. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. General…

The Met office asked the maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Paira to raise the local cautionary signal no. 3 on Tuesday due to the formation of convection in the Bay of Bengal after the trough of a low pressure fizzled out. Fishing boats and trawlers in the North Bay had been…

US Secretary of State John Kerry rejected an assessment often imposed by a section of western analysts that the government of Sheikh Hasina has been inactive and complacent in fighting militancy, reports BSS. Strongly opposing a question that "the government has its head in the sand," Kerry…

The navy chief will lead a steering committee that will be working to free the rivers in the capital from pollution, encroachment. The committee will also take measures so that the navigability of the rivers can be increased. The decisions came at a meeting of a taskforce formed to monitor and increase…

The ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance will organise a public rally in Manikganj town at 3 pm today, reports BSS. As part of its series of public rallies, the 14-party alliance will organise the public rally at Manikganj district headquarters to mobilise public support in favour of its campaign…

The High Court yesterday ordered the authorities concerned to take departmental action against a police Special Branch official for demanding bribe to the wife of an HC judge for passport verification, UNB reports. A single-member HC bench of Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque also ordered filing of a case…

A Chittagong court yesterday sentenced three ‘top criminals’ to 21 years’ imprisonment in a case filed in connection with the recovery of huge arms and ammunition, including AK-47 rifle, in 2011, UNB reports. Judge of Chittagong Special Tribunal-7 and Joint Metropolitan Session’s…

Two female BNP leaders -- Syeda Asifa Ashrafi Papiya and Shirin Sultana -- have resigned from their respective posts in the newly formed BNP executive committee, UNB reports. Shirin quit the post of self-reliance affairs secretary while Papiya human rights affairs assistant secretary. Papiya has also…