As an estimated 613,000 Rohingya people have arrived in Cox's Bazar, fleeing violence in Myanmar, since August 25, the total Rohingya population in the area is now over 826,000, an IOM press release said yesterday, reports BSS. "The makeshift sites where the Rohingyas have settled are desperately…

The three-member probe committee continues investigation into the Friday's clash incident that took place in village Thakurtari here leaving one person dead and some others injured, officials  said, reports BSS. Meanwhile, police detained another 47 persons last night raising the number of…

Noting that democracy and good governance are established in a country when its citizens become vocal, Sushasoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujon) Secretary Dr Badiul Alam Majumdar yesterday urged all to play a vocal and courageous role for realising their rights as well as for country's betterment, reports…

A High Court judge yesterday felt embarrassed to hear a writ petition that challenged the legality of parliament membership of ruling Awami League leader Nizam Uddin Hazari, reports UNB. The HC bench of Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah expressed embarrassment to hear the petition over the legality of…

The telecommunications ministry has directed the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to review the proposal to impose a charge on Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) by the mobile banking service user. According to the BTRC proposal, it wants to impose the charge on…

Brazilian Ambassador in Dhaka Joao Tabajara de Oliveira Junior has described the persecution of Rohingya ethnic minority by Myanmar security forces as 'atrocities of the millennium', reports UNB. "This is something difficult to understand. This is unthinkable. Rohingya persecution is atrocities…

The High Court yesterday commuted the death sentence of the lone convict, Faizul Islam, in the Supreme Court lawyer Sayma Khanam murder case to life imprisonment, reports UNB. A bench of Justice Md Ruhul Quddus and Justice Bhishmadev Chakrabortty passed the order. The Dhaka's Speedy Trial Tribunal-2…