Twenty-one young political leaders affiliated with Bangladesh Awami League and Bangladesh Nationalist Party were awarded certificates yesterday for working to solve local issues under a fellowship programme of Democracy International (DI), a US-based NGO that works globally in partnership with USAID,…

Despite reports of load-shedding from different districts over the past couple of days, Power Secretary Ahmad Kaikaus yesterday claimed there was no load-shedding in the country within the span of 15-20 days. “The country has not experienced any load shedding for the last 15/20 days but people…

Nur Hossain, a condemned convict in the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case, has been shown arrested in a graft case filed with Ramna Police Station in 2016, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Pranab Kumar Hui passed the order yesterday with Nur standing in the dock. The court order came…

Eleven people were killed in central Nigeria, the Benue state government said yesterday, a day after at least 18 people died in an attack on a church that caused widespread outrage, reports AFP. Rilwanu Adamu, an adviser to the Benue governor Samuel Ortom on Islamic affairs, said the attack happened…

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) summoned Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Mizanur Rahman to appear before it on May 3 for allegedly acquiring illegal wealth, reports UNB. Public Relations Officer (PRO) of ACC Kanak Kumar Bhattacharya told UNB that they sent a letter to the office of DIG in…

A schoolgirl was 'raped' in Biral upazila on Tuesday afternoon, reports UNB. Locals caught the alleged rapist Md Babul Miah and handed him over to police. According to locals a Class-VII girl with one of her friends went to visit Shalban under Dharmapur in the afternoon. Suddenly Babul appeared…