Myanmar has asked Bangladesh to stop providing aid to 6,000 Rohingya stranded on the border between the two countries since a military crackdown prompted a mass exodus of the Muslim minority last year, the foreign ministry in Dhaka said, reports AFP. The group refused to enter Bangladesh in the months…

The BNP will celebrate its chairperson Khaleda Zia’s 73rd birthday on August 15 by holding doa mahfils at district and upazila (sub-district) level, instead of cutting any cake. “August 15 is the birthday of the BNP chairperson and former prime minster Khaleda Zia. We will hold doa mahfils…

A 10-km tailback was created on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Fatehpur yesterday, causing immense sufferings to the commuters, reports UNB. Police said the tailback was created due to the construction work of railway overpass in Fatehpur area. The passengers and drivers passing through the area said it…

A Taliban delegation travelled to Uzbekistan earlier this month to discuss the Afghan peace process and withdrawal of foreign forces, officials said yesterday, as fighting between insurgents and security forces raged near Kabul, reports AFP from Kabul. The meetings in Afghanistan's northern neighbour…

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday issued a notice summoning five former Managing Directors (MD) and three former General Managers (GM) of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited (BCMCL) for interrogation, reports UNB. ACC public relation officer Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya said the ex-MDs and…

State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid yesterday urged the engineers of power sector to get them ready to face the future challenges, reports UNB. "Right now, you've to take the preparations keeping in mind the future challenges as the country is moving forward to become a developed…

A court yesterday rejected bail again for four private university students in two cases filed over vandalism and attacks on police during the student movement demanding road safety, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court Judge Pranab Kumar passed the order while the lawyers of the accused…

In keeping with an order of the High Court, Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence and Bangladesh Railway on Sunday paid Tk 20 lakh as compensation to the family of Jihad, who tragically died after falling into an abandoned deep tube-well in Shahjahanpur area of the city on December 26, 2014, reports…