International Farakka Committee has urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to pursue for settling the water-sharing issue on basin-wide management of the Teesta and other common rivers during her India visit to save the rivers' natural water system. In a statement, leaders of international water rights…

A total of 361 people were hospitalised across the country with dengue in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday. Of them, 100 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and 261 in other parts of the country, said the Directorate General of Health Services. Currently, 1,419 dengue patients, including 505 in…

A court yesterday ordered confiscation of the property of eight fugitive accused in the Rifat Sharif murder case. Senior Judicial Magistrate Mohammad Sirajul Islam Gazi also denied bail to two other accused -- Rakibul Hasan Rifat Farazi and Rezwan Ali Khan alias Tiktok Hridoy -- and sent them to jail.…