Prolonged Rohingya crisis to pose hybrid security threat
UNb, Dhaka :Prime Minister’s Security Affairs Adviser Maj Gen (retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique on Tuesday feared a hybrid security threat having its impact outside Bangladesh...
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3 killed in ‘gunfights’
Staff Reporter :Three persons were killed in “gunfights” with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Dhaka and Cox’s Bazar districts early Monday.The deceased are: Abdur Rahman,...
Son, daughter kill father
Court Correspondent :A son and a daughter yesterday confessed before a court that they killed their father.Father Mohibullah was killed in Momenbagh area of Jatrabari...
TIB demands proper compensation for Titash’s family
UNB, Dhaka :Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Monday demanded proper compensation for the death of a teenager, Titash Gosh, at an ambulance on a ferry...
Vested quarter using rumours as tools to gain interest: IGP
BSS, Tungipara :Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Mohammad Javed Patwari on Monday said a vested quarter is spreading rumours over child lifters as tools...
Police disperse provincial rally, killing 5 in Sudan
AP, Cairo :Sudanese security forces fired live ammunition to disperse student protests in a central province on Monday, killing at least five people, protest organizers...
Police headquarters says Partha Gopal not a cop
BSS, Dhaka :Bangladesh police headquarters on Monday issued a statement saying Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Prison Partha Gopal Banik is not a police officer.The statement...
APO drafts productivity master plan for BD
UNB, Dhaka :The Asian Productivity Organization (APO), under a special cash grant from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), has drafted national productivity master...
IRRI to support researchers in BD’s agri sector
UNB, Dhaka :Representative of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Bangladesh Dr Humnath Bhandari has reiterated the organisation’s continued support for capacity building of...
Govt fails to check in dengue : Mosharraf
Staff Reporter :The government seems nervous at the increasing number of dengue patients in and outside Dhaka, and instead of saving people’s lives, branding the...
10 journo get Ritu Fellowship Award
Staff Reporter :Ten journalists of the print and electronic media have been awarded ‘Ritu Journalist Fellowship Award’ on Sunday. The awards were given at an...
Death toll in Nigeria Boko Haram attack up to 65
AFP :An attack this weekend by Boko Haram fighters on a funeral in northeast Nigeria has left 65 people dead, almost triple the initial toll,...