Visiting UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Jean-Pierre Lacroix on Sunday highly praised Bangladesh Police for its role in establishing world peace, reports UNB. A five-member delegation, led by Jean-Pierre Lacroix, paid a courtesy call on Inspector General of Police (IGP)…

France and Belgium are urging UNESCO to designate scores of their World War I memorials and cemeteries as World Heritage sites as the centennial remembrance of the 1914-1918 war nears its end, reports UNB. Both sides of the Franco-Belgian border, where much of the fiercest fighting of World War I took…

In a reshuffle in the administration, Foyez Ahmed, secretary to the Medical Education and Family Welfare Division, has been made secretary to the Public Administration Ministry, reports UNB. The Public Administration Ministry issued a notification in this regard yesterday. GM Saleh Uddin, Divisional…

A man has been stabbed to death allegedly by his brother-in-law over a land-related dispute in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria, reports UNB.  The deceased was identified as Mansur Miah, son of Rashid Miah of Atokura village in the upazila. Officer-in-charge of Nasirnagar Police Station Md Abu…

After taking an overnight pounding of 185mm of rains till 6am yesterday, the capital experienced a sudden hike in the heat quotient when the maximum temperature soared to 32.4 degrees Celsius in the afternoon. The country's highest temperature was recorded in Rajshahi city, which sizzled under a…

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque yesterday demanded proper investigation into the killing of Teknaf municipality councillor Ekramul Haque, who was killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), reports UNB. He made the demand while visiting the residence…

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam yesterday once again said BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman took British citizenship, reports UNB. "Tarique Rahman launched a company in the UK and became its director as a British citizen. The government has proved that he (Tarique) took British…

Police arrested four 'Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men' yesterday for allegedly demanding toll from the officer-in-charge of Nandail Police Station, reports UNB. The arrestees are Raju, former vice-president of Nandail upazila unit BCL, its organising secretary Royal, and activists Titu and…