The gunmen who shot dead five people by ambushing a motorcade in Rangamati's Naniarchar on Friday were split into two groups,

The international community must pledge to hold the perpetrators of the crimes committed against the persecuted Rohingya minority in Myanmar, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other members of the visiting OIC team have called for united efforts for a sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis. For that to happen, they stressed the need for an urgent and effective action plan so the Rohingya people can return to their homeland in Myanmar.

National issues have been dominating the election campaigns of the Awami League and BNP mayor candidates in the Khulna and Gazipur city polls.

UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, has said it is rushing additional aid to Bangladesh where the first monsoon rains in Cox's Bazar district affected hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees there.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has pledged a strong role in addressing the Rohingya crisis.

Just a day after the killing of Shaktiman Chakma, chairman of Naniarchar Upazila Parishad in Rangamati, another five people were shot dead in the hill district yesterday. The five, including a Bangalee driver, were on a microbus full of political leaders and activists headed for Hugurmara area of the upazila to attend the funeral of Shaktiman.

The BNP-nominated mayoral candidate in Khulna City Corporation (KCC) polls yesterday suspended his election campaign for around

Islamic Bank Bangladesh Limited has sent a rejoinder to a report published in The Daily Star on April 24 under the headline “Islami

The vice president of Parbattya Chattogram Jana Samhati Samity's MN Larma faction Shaktimaan Chakma, 55, was killed in a gun

The government's own investigation found that question papers of 12 out of the 17 subjects were leaked during this year's SSC exams.

A huge dust storm and lightning strikes killed at least 125 people across India which braced yesterday for more wild weather.

US President Donald Trump has assured Bangladesh of continuing its pressure on Myanmar over repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh.

Dhaka expects the upcoming 45th Session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers to mount

Myanmar must be held accountable for crimes against humanity, said Canadian Prime Minister's Special Envoy to Myanmar Bob Rae yesterday.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), although facing a wide rift within, may find in the Dhaka foreign ministers conference a unifying cause to act on the Rohingya issue.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said it was up to a political party to decide whether it would participate in an election. “I cannot impose my decision on any party... I cannot say to any party that you have to participate in the election,” she said at a press conference at the Gono Bhaban.

Scanning operation is a sensitive job for any port around the world. It examines imports through misdeclaration and the presence of explosives that could jeopardize national security. Once released, there is little scope for reexamining the containers.

With the general elections in Bangladesh slated for later this year, Bangladesh and India are in talks to fast-track implementation of the development projects under the second and third lines of credit totalling seven billion dollars.

Prof Arun Chandra Biswas, of Government Bangabandhu College in Gopalganj, had applied for a leave in advance to visit India.