Myanmar needs to earn trust of Rohingyas: FS
Myanmar would need to take adequate measures for building confidence among the forcibly displaced minority Rohingya community so that they would want to go back their homes in Rakhine, foreign secretary M Shahidul Haque said on Monday.
Nawshaba denied bail again
Actress Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed’s bail application was rejected by a court in the capital on Monday afternoon when the Cyber Crimes Unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police produced her in it after interrogating her for six days in two phases in a case under Information and Technology Act
Over 500 industrial units at risk of unrest over wages, find Industrial police
Over 500 industrial units across the country are vulnerable to labour unrest over payment of wages and festival allowances to workers before Eid-ul-Azha, according to the industrial police sources.
Govt fails to submit fresh report about Shahidul Alam to court
The High Court Division’s directive to the home secretary to submit a fresh report to the chief metropolitan magistrate’s court in the capital on Monday regarding whether or not acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam was tortured physically and mentally in the custody of the Detective Branch was not complied with.
White nationalists dwarfed by crowds of counterprotesters in Washington
Approximately two dozen white nationalists rallied in the nation's capital on Sunday, one year after clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, left one person dead and elevated racial tensions in America.
'Unprecedented' floods in Indian tourist hotspot kill dozens; 40,000 evacuated
Dozens of people have been killed, and tens of thousands more evacuated, after "unprecedented" flash flooding in a tourist hotspot in southern India.
Trump encourages boycott against Harley-Davidson
President Donald Trump said it's "great" that consumers might boycott Harley-Davidson if it moves some motorcycle production overseas.
Hippo kills Chinese tourist in Kenya
A hippopotamus attacked and killed a Chinese tourist in Kenya over the weekend, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said in a tweet Sunday.
Nothing reins in reckless driving
Local people blocked Dhaka-Rangpur Highway for around four hours and clashed with police after reckless driving claimed the life of yet another student in Rangpur on Sunday, only two weeks after student protests demanding road safety rocked the country.
Shahidul Alam sent to jail
A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate’s court on Sunday sent internationally acclaimed photographer and writer Shahidul Alam to jail after interrogation in police custody for seven days. Metropolitan magistrate Farhat Bin Amin Chowdhury passed the order as the police investigators
