BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday alleged that the government is using the public servants for political purposes like that of the 1975 Baksal regime, reports UNB. Speaking at a human chain programme, he also said the government has committed a mistake by forcing the public…

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned in a new report that unauthorized weapons in the hands of Hezbollah and threatening rhetoric from the Lebanese militant group and Israeli officials "heightens risk of miscalculation and escalation into conflict", reports AP. The U.N. chief called on…

Over 80 percent of the currently married women in Bangladesh have experienced violent behaviour from their partners at least once and such violence include, among others, physical, sexual, economic, and controlling, says a report. And, as high as 55 percent of the married women faced physical or sexual…

President M Abdul Hamid is set to visit Cox's Bazar today on a two-day visit to Kutupalong Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila and inaugurate a navy symposium there, reports BSS. "President Abdul Hamid will interact with and distribute relief materials among the displaced Rohingyas who fled to…

A female sub-inspector of Savar Model Police Station was found hanging at her staff quarters yesterday night, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Tahmina Akhter. Officer-in-charge of the police station Mohsenul Kadir said Tahmin's husband Mobarak Hossain claimed to them that he spotted the…