Bangladesh's candidate Muhammad Zamir has been elected member of the OIC's Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC), based in Jeddah, for a tenure of three years, starting from February 2018. The IPHRC has 18 members and nine rotating members, three each from three geographical…

Eleven migrant labourers died of asphyxiation in Saudi Arabia yesterday in a fire that engulfed the windowless house they shared, AFP reports from Riyadh quoting Saudi authorities. "Firefighters put out a blaze in an old house lacking windows for ventilation. Eleven people died of asphyxiation,…

A Swecchasebak League leader was allegedly hacked to death by a leader of Jubo League in Munshirhat area of the district town on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Abdul Mannan, 27, finance secretary of Swecchasebak League, son of late Tasir Uddin, a resident of Islampur Moholla of the town,…