UN rights expert on Myanmar arrives
The United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, arrived in Dhaka on Sunday evening on a six-day visit.
Broadcasting bill to be placed in next session: Inu
The information minister, Hasanul Haq Inu, said on Sunday that the National Broadcasting Bill with the provision of setting up a national broadcasting commission would be placed in the next session of parliament.
NGWF demand reinstatement of DEPZ factory workers
National Garment Workers’ Federation on Sunday demanded reinstatement of all the 165 suspended workers of Dong Bang Facilities (BD) Ltd, an apparel factory housed in Dhaka Export Processing Zone.
Trump gets what he wants in Florida: Campaign-level adulation
President Donald Trump, after a month of arduous and, at times, turbulent governing, got what he came for Saturday during a dusk rally here: Campaign-level adulation.
Omar Abdel-Rahman, 1993 World Trade Center bombing plotter, dies
Omar Abdel-Rahman, an Egyptian-born cleric serving a life sentence for plotting the 1993 bombing at the World Trade Center and other terror attacks in New York, has died, a prison spokesman said Saturday.
North Korean man arrested in Kim Jong Nam's death
Authorities have arrested a fourth suspect in the mysterious death of the half brother of North Korea's leader.
Bana Alabed visits Syrian boy who lost legs in bombing
Two days after losing his legs in the bombing of a Syrian village, a 10-year-old boy received a special visitor Saturday at his hospital bedside.
PM seeks int’l community’s support to relocate Rohingyas
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday sought support from the international community, including Germany, to temporarily relocate illegal Myanmar nationals living in Bangladesh to Thengar Char in Noakhali for providing them with all sorts of facilities.
Grabbers choke Buriganga bridge
The 2nd Buriganga Bridge, linking the capital with Mawa via Keraniganj, has been choked by influential elements’ illegal businesses, run over and below it, posing serious risks for longevity of the key surface communication facility.
Commercial entities in residential areas Authorities turn a blind eye
At least 3,301 unauthorised business entities, including restaurants, hotels, bars, clinics and educational institutions, continue running their activities in residential buildings, mostly at Dhanmondi, Gulashan, Baridhara, Banani and Uttara, in Dhaka, posing a threat to public security.
