An eight-member high-level BNP team led by Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas is going to Cox’sbazar today to distribute relief among the Rohingyas, who fled to Bangladesh to escape persecution by the Myanmar military, reports UNB. The team will begin its journey to Kutupalong refugee camp…

Bangladesh wanted to resolve the Rohingya crisis diplomatically and not by severing ties or waging a war with Myanmar, commerce minister Tofail Ahmed said yesterday. “We would like to urge global leaders to put pressure on the Myanmarese government to stop the brutal persecution of their Rohingya…

A group of activists of Bangladesh Chatra League, affiliate student body of ruling Awami League, allegedly vandalised the principal's room and office room of Bogra Govt Shah Sultan College yesterday afternoon after a BCL leader was expelled from exam for fraud. The BCL later expelled those responsible…

Two persons, alleged to be robbers, were killed in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh early yesterday (Monday). One of them died after he was beaten up by a mob, and the other was killed in a gunfight with the police. One was identified as Robbani, 27, hailing from Bogra, while the identity of the other,…

Terming the Rohingya crisis a national one, BNP yesterday said it wants a national unity to face the problem instead of doing politic over the issue, reports UNB. "We don't want to do politics over the Rohingya issue. We think it's a national crisis and we'll have to tackle the situation…

Bangladesh has been elected chairman of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Commission for South Asia, reports UNB. This was announced during the 22nd convention of the UNWTO, a specialized UN agency, at Chengtu, a sub-provincial city which has served as capital of China's Sichuan province. Hasan…

Two people were killed and 16 others were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a container trailer at Joralganj area, in front of BSRM Steel Mills on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Mirsharai upazila of Chittagong yesterday afternoon, reports UNB. One of the deceased has been identified as Md…