Child murders on the rise 1,714 murdered in 55 months
The first seven months of the current year witnessed an unprecedented surge in child murders compared to the corresponding periods of two previous years.
Malaysian Prime Minister: Debris is from MH370
Malaysia's Prime Minister left no room for doubt. The piece of a plane wing that washed up on an island in the Indian Ocean, he announced, was indeed part of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
Pope says Church should embrace divorced people
Pope Francis on Wednesday called for a more open Church -- one that embraces people who are divorced and remarried and their children.
Donald Trump calls for 'civil' debate
As GOP frontrunner Donald Trump has made news all summer for attacking members of his own party, the real estate mogul promised that would be "very civil" at the first Republican presidential debate of the cycle Thursday.
Rescuers trying to save migrants after Mediterranean shipwreck
Rescuers are trying to save hundreds of migrants Wednesday after their fishing boat capsized off the coast of Libya, Cmdr. Filippo Marini of the Italian Coast Guard, which is coordinating the rescue operation, told CNN.
Sheikh Kamal’s 66th birth anniv observed
The 66th birth anniversary of Sheikh Kamal, the eldest son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was observed today in the capital and elsewhere across the country through holding different programmes.
Gold prices drop further by Tk 1,225 a bhori
Jewellers have further reduced gold price by up to Tk 1,225 per bhori with effect from today because of the slumping prices of the precious metal on the international market. Bangladesh Jewellers Association on Wednesday announced the price cut of gold for the second time in two weeks.
SHOT AT IN MOTHER’S WOMB: Mother breastfeeds baby after 13 days of birth
Bullet-wounded mother Nazma Begum burst into tears as she got the chance to take in her lap her newborn, shot at in her womb, for the first time on Wednesday, 13 days after her daughter was born through caesarean section.
TORTURE TO DEATH: Rakib’s intestine, lungs burst
Rakib, the 12-year boy killed in torture in Khulna on Monday, dies as his intestine and lungs burst because of pumping air through the rectum, post-mortem examination of the boy found. Khulna Medical College Hospital superintendent Prashanta Kumar on Wednesday confirmed the report of the post-mortem conducted at the hospital on Tuesday.
Yet another child tortured to death
A 12-year-old boy was killed in torture by his former employer in Khulna on Monday night for switching to another motor garage.
