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Man killed in clash during football match in Narail

Narail, July 12 -- year-old man was killed in a clash between two groups of villagers over a football match at Kulshur village in Kalia upazila of Narail district on Friday. The deceased was identifi... Read More


Mob violence won't be tolerated: RAB DG

Dhaka, July 12 -- Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Director General and Additional Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidur Rahman on Friday said no one will be allowed to take the law into their ow... Read More


'Regrettable and brutal': Home Adviser about Mitford murder

Dhaka, July 12 -- Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Saturday described the murder of scrap metal trader Lal Chand Sohag in front of Mitford Hospital in the capital as bruta... Read More


New World Bank VP Zutt begins official visit to Bangladesh

Dhaka, July 12 -- Johannes Zutt, the newly appointed World Bank Vice President for the South Asia Region, arrived in Dhaka on Saturday, marking Bangladesh as his first official tour in the new role. ... Read More


Committed to helping Bangladesh maintain inclusive growth path: WB VP

Dhaka, July 12 -- World Bank's new Vice President for the South Asia Region Johannes Zutt has said the global lending agency 'remains committed' to helping Bangladesh to maintain a 'sustainable and in... Read More


Swechchasebak Dal activist's house torched in Kushtia: Crude bomb hurled

Kushtia, July 12 -- The house of a Swechchasebak Dal activist was set on fire by some miscreants at Jamalpur village in Bheramara upazila of Kushtia district early Saturday. Quoting local people, Naz... Read More


Quick justice to be ensured in Old Dhaka murder: Asif Nazrul

Dhaka, July 12 -- The government is committed to ensuring quick justice in the brutal murder that occurred near Mitford Hospital, said Law Adviser Asif Nazrul in a Facebook post on Saturday. Asif Naz... Read More


Trader's killing at Mitford shows serious failure in public safety: Fakhrul

Dhaka, July 12 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said the brutal killing of a trader at Mitford is not just the loss of a life, but a clear sign of serious failure in ensu... Read More


WHO South-East Asia Regional Director Saima Wazed sent on indefinite leave

Dhaka, July 12 -- Saima Wazed Putul, the World Health Organization's (WHO) Regional Director for South-East Asia, has been placed on indefinite leave, four months after the Anti-Corruption Commission ... Read More


150,000 Rohingyas fled to Bangladeshover last 18 months: UNHCR

Dhaka, July 11 -- Around 150,000 Rohingyas have entered Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh during the past 18 months, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The UN Refugee Age... Read More