The Rohingya crisis requires a political solution, which lies in the return of the Rohingyas to Myanmar by addressing the root causes, said Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Rabab Fatima has said.

Thanks to strict monitoring against jatka netting and government programmes to conserve hilsa, production of the fish has seen a steady increase in Barishal, and this year has been no different.

The Covid-19 outbreak has affected all spheres of life, but those which involve close contact services pose an added challenge.

We got up before sunrise and boarded a jeep. It was open on all sides and had two rows of raised rear seats to afford everyone a good view.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam today urged traders to follow city corporation’s rules and regulations and said no illegal work will be allowed in the capital.

A wedding programme turned into a tragedy after one of the groom’s friends died from electrocution in Dhaka’s East Badda area early today.

Dhaka has not made it to the list of 109 smart cities in the world, according to the 2020 Smart City Index.

Rapid Action Battalion yesterday arrested two people including a recruiting agency owner from Dhaka’s Fakirapool area in connection with the death of Umme Kulsum, who was sent to Saudi Arabia as a house help and tortured to death there.

Ferry services on Shimulia-Kathalbari route remained suspended for the fourth consecutive day yesterday due to navigability crisis, causing immense sufferings.

Members of the Hijra community will be included as a separate gender identity in the upcoming national census of January 2021, said Mohammad Tajul Islam, director general of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

Flow of passengers in domestic routes has increased by 25 to 30 percent this month compared to that of July when flight operations resumed on a limited scale, according to airlines.

The much anticipated PS5 received a price and release date this Wednesday. Prices have been set at $499.99 for the standard edition $399.99 for the Digital Edition that comes minus the Blu-Ray drive. These will release first in US and Japan on November 12. Rest of the world gets it on November 19. Pre-orders started early Thursday with a crazy rush online where many people have stated that their item has been ‘virtually’ snatched or emptied from their online cart while typing in payment details.

The Barisal City Corporation authorities have fined four people Tk 64,97,280 in total for constructing multi-storey residential and commercial buildings in violation of BCC plan.

Today is the second death anniversary of freedom fighter and journalist AKM Raisul Haq Bahar.

The attorney general’s (AG) office and Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) yesterday offered farewell to Justice Tariq ul Hakim, a judge of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, on his last working day in office.

MN Larma struggled to establish a secular society where people from all communities would have their rights, which was the main spirit of the Liberation War, said speakers at a programme earlier this week.

A writ petition was filed with the High Court yesterday seeking its directives on the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) to stop its move to relocate stray dogs from the DSCC area and dump them in the Matuail landfill.

The Covid-19 pandemic threatens hard-won gains in health and education over the past decade, especially in the poorest countries, a new World Bank Group analysis finds.

Rabiul Islam, the prime suspect of the hammer attack on the UNO of Ghoraghat Upazila of Dinajpur, was taken to fresh three-day remand yesterday, after seven hours at the judicial magistrate’s court building.

Negligence of Titas Gas authorities and the mosque’s committee was behind the explosion at Baitus Salat Jame Mosque in Sadar upazila on September 4, according to the report of a probe body formed by the Narayanganj district administration to investigate the incident.