Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday morning arrested a young man from Boyra village in Khaliajuri upazila of Netrakona district in case filed for raping a minor girl, reports UNB from Kishoreganj. The arrestee was identified as Tutul, 21, son of Taj Miah of Sutarpara village in Mithamain…

A humanitarian crisis is unfolding across large areas in South Asia, with more than 16 million people affected by monsoon floods in Nepal, Bangladesh and India. “This is fast becoming one of the most serious humanitarian crises this region has seen in many years and urgent action is needed to…

President of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JASHOD) and Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu paid rich tributes to Amir Hossain Bachchu, a leader of his party who died recently, reports BSS. The minister said that whoever is in politics and whatever is his political affiliation, he used to pay respect to…

A low formed in the North-West Bay of Bengal, off the West Bengal and Odisha coasts, yesterday (Friday). Weathermen at the Dhaka Met Office were watching it closely—whether it would intensify further into a depression to boost the monsoon and trigger more rain. The Met Office's long-range…

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said the government will take steps for rehabilitation of the flood-affected people, reports UNB from Dinajpur. “The Prime Minister will visit the flood-hit areas and mitigate your sufferings. She’ll compensate you for the losses,”…

Ganajagaran Manch spokesperson Imran H Sarkar was attacked again by miscreants at Shahbagh in the capital last night, reports UNB. Imran alleged that a group of youths, numbering 10-15, suddenly swooped on him and some of the Manch activists around 4pm when they were walking along the footpath in front…

Police shot and wounded a suspect after a stabbing spree in which a man killed two people and wounded six others in the Finnish city of Turku yesterday, reports AFP. Within hours the force had announced increased police patrols across the country. "There are eight victims in the stabbing. Two dead…