A memorial plague with portraits of 13 Liberation War martyred journalists was unveiled at Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) in the city yesterday, reports BSS. Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu formally unveiled the plaque on the historic Martyred Intellectuals Day. Prime Minister’s…

Four lighter vessels, loaded with different goods, capsized in several points of the Bay of Bengal early yesterday due to poor visibility, reports UNB. Mahbubur Rashid, Executive Director of the Water Transport Coordination Committee, said the four vessels sank in the Bay with cement clinker, sugar,…

A court yesterday granted bail to journalist Shafik Rehman in a case filed over an alleged plot to abduct and kill Prime Minister’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy in the USA, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shadbir Yearsir Soufan Chowdhury passed the order after hearing a petition filed by Shafik’s…

BNP-backed mayoral candidate Advocate Shakhawat Hossain again demanded the Election Commission deploy army in the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) polls for holding free and fair elections. While conducting campaign for Advocate Shakhawat Hossain, BNP central leader Major ( Rtd) Hafiz Uddin said without…

Two members of a reformist group were shotdead in a gunfight with members of United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) at Bangaltali in Baghaichhari upazila early yesterday, reports UNB. Identities of the deceased could not be confirmed. Officer-in-charge of Baghaichhari Police Station Abdul Karim…

Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Dr Yousef A Al-Othaimeen has instructed the OIC Permanent Missions in New York, Geneva and Brussels to convene emergency meetings of the Permanent Representatives of OIC Member States to address the crisis situation facing the Rohingya…