Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC ) yesterday conducted two separate drives at Bangaladesh Road Transport Authority offices in Dhaka's Keraniganj and Madaripur respectively. The ACC team conducted a drive in Madaripur BRTA on charges of irregularities in driving licenses, car licenses, ownership…

Police in separate drives arrested six people over rape and gang-rape incidents in Magura, Shariatpur and Munshiganj districts. In Magura, four miscreants were arrested yesterday for reportedly gang-raping a Class-VIII girl after abducting her at Tiorkhali village in Shalikha upazila. The arrestees…

Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad is still not out of danger, said party acting chairman  GM Quader yesterday.  “Our party chairman is not out of danger. However, I won’t say that he is now well. His health condition remains unchanged. He is surviving with the help of medicines…

A South Korean man has defected to North Korea, following in the footsteps of his political parents who also made a high-profile switch of allegiance in the 1980s, according to Pyongyang's state media. Years of repression and poverty in the reclusive North have led around 30,000 people to flee to…

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said Myanmar has made a political commitment to China for the repatriation of Rohingyas to the Rakhine state. “China has come to know through discussion with Myanmar that Myanmar has made a political commitment to repatriate all Rohingya to the Rakhine…

The Netherlands Queen Maxima will arrive in Dhaka on an official four-day visit to talk with different stakeholders of both government and private level on various bilateral issues with Bangladesh. Foreign ministry sources said she will arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) by an Emirates…