UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix on Sunday said the United Nations is fully committed to helping Rohingya people and ensure their safe and voluntary return to their homeland from Bangladesh, reports UNB. "UN is fully committed to helping these people,"…

A minor boy who was reportedly kidnapped on June 8 was found buried at the courtyard of their neighbour at Malitha village of Mirpur upazila of Kushtia yesterday, reports UNB. Police recovered the body of Deb Dutta, 9, son of Pabitra Dutta of the village and a Class-III student, from under the ground…

A  tribunal  yesterday sent former Bangladesh Chhatra League activist Tarique Bin Zohor alias Tamal, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the sensational Biswajit Das murder case, to jail after he surrendered before it, reports UNB. Judge Abdur Rahman Sardar of Dhaka's Speedy Trial…

The newly appointed Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Aziz Ahmed has taken over the charge of the Bangladesh Army from the outgoing army chief General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq yesterday. Aziz Ahmed succeeded General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq who handed over the charge to him through…

Consumer right groups yesterday at a special public hearing on gas price hike alleged that the state owned Petrobangla and its subsidiary body RPGCL are trying to raise gas price in advance on the basis of future cost of their development programmes which is totally illegal, reports UNB. "Petrobangla…

India has handed over two murder suspects of Juba League activist RN Anik, who fled to Kolkata after the murder, to the Bangladesh authorities, reports UNB. The suspects were identified as Mohiuddin Tushar and M Alkasur Rahman alias Akhlasur Rahman. Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata police arrested…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday underscored the need for sharing experiences of coastal security between Bangladesh Navy and India Navy, reports UNB. "We can share the expertise of Indian Navy in coastal security," she said when visiting Chief of Naval Staff of Indian Navy Admiral Sunil…

For the first time, the transmission of cholera has been tracked at the household level across Dhaka, a city with a 'hyper-endemic' level of the disease, says a new study, reports UNB. Researchers from icddr,b and the Wellcome Sanger Institute along with other collaborators found that nearly…