A legal notice has been served to the Home Secretary, Dhaka University Vice Chancellor and its proctor seeking security for DUCSU VP Nurul Haque Nur. The notice, filed by Supreme Court Lawyer Moniruzzaman Linkon, says legal steps will be taken if they fail to take necessary measures within seven days.…

A live crude bomb was recovered from near Madhur Canteen on the Dhaka University campus yesterday. Students spotted the bomb lying near the canteen around 11:20 am and informed the university authorities, said DU Proctor Prof Dr AKM Golam Rabbani. Later, they informed Ramna Police Station. A bomb disposal…

Ninety-eight dengue patients, including 68 in the capital, are being treated at hospitals across the country. Twenty four dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals in the last 24 hours till 8 am yesterday. Thirteen of them were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka, the Directorate General of Health…

Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski has said she is "disturbed" by her party's stance before President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. Mr Trump was this month impeached by the Democrat-run House for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. He now faces trial in the Republican-dominated…

Professor Mia Golam Parwar, who was a Nayeb-e-Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, has been sworn in as new secretary general of the party. Jamaat's Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman administered an oath to Mia Golam Parwar yesterday, handing him duties from 2020-2022, the party's publicity wing said…

Bangladesh and China yesterday discussed ways for the "early repatriation" of Rohingyas, currently taking shelter in Cox's Bazar district, to their place of origin in Rakhine State of Myanmar. Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming met Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen at the Ministry…