Three Natore JL stalwarts found dead

The police recovered bullet-hit bodies of a leader and two activists of Natore town unit Juba League, the ruling Awami League-backed youth body, from a roadside garden on Dinajpur-Ghoraghat highway at Kalabari in Dinajpur Monday morning.

Democracy now in danger: Khaleda

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday claimed that democracy that was attained at the cost of blood of many martyrs was now in danger.

30 missing as boat carrying Rohingyas sinks in Naf

About 30 went missing and were feared drowned as a boat packed with Rohingyas fleeing crack down on religious minority Muslims by Myanmar military capsized in the bordering river Naf early Monday, witnesses said.

Technical glitch in PM’s flight: MPs blast Menon

Lawmakers on Monday said that civil aviation and tourism minister Rashed Khan Menon should take responsibility of the technical glitch in the Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight that was carrying the prime minister and if needed a parliamentary probe committee should be formed to unearth the truth.

Rohingya crises resolution: Involve China, India, UN: Experts

A political solution, involving India, China, Thailand, Malaysia and the United Nations, to protracted Rohingya crises in Myanmar is essential for long-term regional stability, experts said. Talking to New Age, they said that the government should formally raise voice among international communities,

Be careful in using aircraft, radars

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked air force personnel to be more careful while using and maintaining aircraft, radars and war equipment as those have been procured with people’s hard-earned money.

Shariatpur War Crimes: Verdict today

The verdict in Shariatpur war crimes case would be delivered today, the three-judge International Crimes Tribunal-1 announced Sunday.

Fire razes 500 shanties at Karail slum

A fire on Sunday razed a portion of Karail Boubazar slum in the capital, rendering about 500 families homeless and injuring two.

Khaleda’s EC proposals: Hasina has little interest

Mentioning that she has little interest in Khaleda Zia’s proposals for the Election Commission’s reconstitution, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the BNP chief should have apologised to the nation before going for that.

BGB finds it tough to restrict Rohingyas

About 20,000 Rohingya Muslims have entered Bangladesh fleeing military crackdown on the religious minority community in Rakhine state in Myanmar since October 9, claimed refugee leaders.