Amnesty International has accused a secretive Myanmar conglomerate with links to international businesses of financing Myanmar’s military, including many units directly responsible for human rights violations against the Rohingyas and other ethnic minorities.

The Netherlands will pay compensation to a civilian survivor of a 2015 air strike on Iraq by Dutch forces fighting the Islamic State militant group, the defence ministry said.

Headaches, confusion and delirium experienced by some Covid-19 patients could be the result of the coronavirus directly invading the brain, according to a study published Wednesday.

The High Court yesterday again refused to grant bail to suspended director of Anti-Corruption Commission Khandaker Enamul Basir in a case filed against him on charges of taking Tk 40 lakh in bribes.

Britain and the European Union held emergency talks yesterday over Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to undercut parts of the Brexit divorce treaty, with Brussels exploring possible legal action against London.

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directive on the authorities concerned not to circulate, publish and disclose to the media any information and facts regarding the investigation into Major (retd) Sinha murder case.

A 10-year-old girl was allegedly murdered after raped in Tangail Sadar upazila.

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar yesterday held talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in an attempt to defuse tension after a spike in hostilities along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the de facto border between the two nations.

Bangladesh Railway has established access control systems at three major stations so that no one can travel on trains without tickets.

The immediate past chairman of Karnaphuli Fertilizer Company (Kafco) created a post called consultant (HR) with the monthly salary of Tk 4.5 lakh just before leaving and appointed a retired joint secretary to it.

Awami League General Secretary Zillur Rahman today calls upon the people to receive Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his arrival at Dhaka Airport on September 14 in a disciplined manner.

The cost and duration of the construction work of the third and fourth dual gauge railway tracks on Dhaka-Tongi route and doubling the dual gauge track on Tongi-Joydevpur route is going to increase further.

Syed Nazrul Islam, the acting prime minister, today makes a blistering attack on China for blocking Bangladesh’s entry into the United Nations. He wonders how China, a constant victim of US veto for 22 long years, could use her veto power against Bangladesh.

Noted actor KS Firoz, who was admired for his work in theatre, radio, television and cinema, passed away from Covid-19 infections yesterday morning at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH).

Suspended Anti-Corruption Commission director Khandaker Enamul Basir has again sought bail from the High Court in a case filed over transaction of Tk 40 lakh as bribe.

Four accused in the Maj (retd) Sinha murder case gave confessional statements before a Cox’s Bazar court yesterday following the end of their second-phase remand of four days.

There are 1,944 Covid-19 patients per million people in the country, the health directorate said yesterday.

A man was shot dead by a group of unidentified miscreants in Rangamati’s Naniarchar upazila around 10:00pm on Tuesday.

Six members of a family were killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Barishal Highway in Ujirpur upazila of Barishal yesterday.

Indian and Chinese troops were engaged in a tense face off yesterday, barely a few hundred metres apart, in a remote Himalayan region where shots were fired for the first time in decades, Indian officials said.