A former Oxfam country director at the centre of sexual misconduct allegations embroiling the London-based charity has denied organising orgies, as Haiti announced it would open a probe into the spiralling scandal, reports AFP  from Brussels. Roland van Hauwermeiren, who led Oxfam's team in…

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and Bangladesh Army in a joint drive arrested four alleged terrorists along with 25 arms and 2,037 rounds of bullet from Bonpur Rajapara hill area of Lama upazila on Thursday night, reports UNB. The arrestees were- Tuisa Mong, 35, Oikya Marma, 39, Mifong Marma,…

Some 25 answer scripts of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination were recovered from Sonarpotti road in the town area on Thursday night, reports UNB. The answer copies were of this year's English 1st paper exam under Rajshahi Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board. Officer-in-charge…

A former teacher and his twin brother were arrested and charged in New York on Thursday with possessing explosives following a bomb threat made against a Manhattan school, officials said, reports AFP from New York. Christian and Tyler Toro, both 27, pleaded not guilty and were remanded into custody,…

Taking a major decision, the army on Thursday announced that it is deploying troops in Saudi Arabia under an existing bilateral security pact, reports Dawn from Islamabad.  “In continuation of ongoing Pak-KSA bilateral security cooperation, a Pakistan Army contingent is being sent to KSA…

A person was shot dead while at least 20 others, including a policeman, were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over occupying a water body at Anchand village in Jagannathpur upazila of Sunamganj yesterday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Safu Mia Jimmadar, 45, of the village,…