Bangladesh has planned to begin the relocation process of the Rohingya refugees, who fled the brutal military crackdown in Myanmar last year, from all refugee camps to Bhashan Char from September.

The waterways in Madaripur's Shibchar upazila are proving to be an unexpected blessing for local fish farmers. Tilapia cultivation in rivers and waterholes is increasingly popular, with over 450 floating cages already taking advantage of this innovative and low-cost farming method.

The UN's Refugee Agency yesterday called on EU member states to urgently agree to take in some of the 150 people stranded on an Italian coastguard ship, after a fresh immigration row erupted between the bloc and Italy's populist government.

Federal prosecutors have granted immunity to the Trump Organization's chief financial officer in an investigation involving US President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, according to people familiar with the matter.

The government and the UNHCR have been implementing a fresh programme to collect information on Rohingya refugees as per Myanmar's requirement for their repatriation.

Prices of rawhide of sacrificial animals crashed to a 10-year low during this Eid, dealing a heavy blow to small and seasonal traders.

Eminent photographer Shahidul Alam's wife and one of his colleagues have urged the government and the jail authorities to immediately provide treatment to him.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia spent around an hour with her relatives inside jail on the Eid day.

New Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison promised generational change in the warring Liberal party yesterday, seeking to end an internecine battle that has scarred the conservative government ahead of an election due by May 2019.

World leaders’ failure to act has allowed the Myanmar security forces’ perpetrators of crimes against humanity to remain at large for a year after their murderous campaign against the Rohingya prompted an exodus of epic proportions, Amnesty International says.

A suspected drug peddler was killed in a 'gunfight' with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in front of Power Development Board (PDB) office in Teknaf early Friday.

Donald Trump has been warned the “countdown” to impeachment is underway, after his former lawyer implicated the president in crimes committed during the 2016 election.

India yesterday did not confirm any bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina on the sidelines of the fourth BIMSTEC Summit to be held in Kathmandu on August 30-31.

Ten quota reform leaders and activists accused in different cases filed with Shahbagh Police Station were released on bail on Tuesday.

Posing as customer, an armed man entered a branch of Premier Bank in the capital's Badda and robbed Tk 23 lakh at gunpoint.

At least 14 people were killed in two road crashes in Feni and Narsingdi yesterday.

Two suspected drug dealers were killed in a “shootout” with Rapid Action Battalion near the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Feni early yesterday.

The CID on Sunday arrested the alleged godfather of a human trafficking ring that ran boats to carry people from Bangladesh to Malaysia.

The cabinet yesterday approved the draft Sarkari Chakori Ain 2018 with a provision for the Anti-Corruption Commission to take prior permission of the authorities concerned for arresting any public servant.

Joj Mia, the man who attained infamy when he was falsely-implicated in the August 21 grenade attack, still harbours hopes that one day the state will end his prolonged suffering.