Four people, including two women, were killed and 29 others injured as a bus plunged into a paddy field on Cox’s Bazar-Chittagong highway in Panir Chhara area of Ramu upazila in Cox’s Bazar yesterday afternoon, reports UNB. The deceased were indentified as Razia Begum, 25, wife of Shafiqur…

Police arrested three people, including a union parishad chairman, in Kalaroa upazila in Satkhira on Saturday night in a case filed after a girl committed suicide as she was reportedly assaulted during a rural arbitration, reports UNB. The arrestees were Manirul Islam, UP chairman of Sonabaria union…

Cyclone ‘Varda’ is advancing towards the south Indian shore near Chennai, in Tamil Nadu, instead of its projected landfall on the Andhra Pradesh coast, gaining strength after roosting over the west-central Bay of Bengal since its formation on Friday. As it clears off the Bay, it is likely…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday reaffirmed Bangladesh's unwavering support for the rights of Palestinian people to their self-determination and independence, reports UNB. "Bangladesh always supports the cause of Palestine and it’ll continue to do so," she said when Palestinian…

Director General of International Labour Organization (ILO) Guy Ryder yesterday said the partnership between ILO and Bangladesh is going from strength to strength, reports UNB. The ILO DG said this when he made a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the…