A message will be sent to India regarding advance warning before releasing water from common rivers of the two countries, said Forest and Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan today (August 23). She, at the same time has called upon India to comply with the international river law,

The driver of a microbus was killed and five others were injured in a collision between his microbus and a bus in Gopalganj Sadar upazila on Friday (August 23). Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Officer-in-Charge of Gopalganj Sadar Thana Md Anisur Rahman

Sylhet bureau chief of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Maksud Ahmad Maksud was killed in a motorcycle accident on Sylhet-Sunamganj highway in the early hours of Friday. Maksud's younger brother Muajjin Ahmad confirmed the matter saying that his brother and his banker friend Galib

Bangladesh Army has donated money, equivalent to one day's salary of its all members, to Chief Adviser's Relief Fund aiming to help flood victims across the country. Bangladesh Army though its verified Facebook page, said the money has been donated to help the victims of

At least 13 people in Bangladesh have been killed and 4.5 million affected by floods triggered by heavy rains, the disaster management and relief ministry said Friday. The South Asian nation of 170 million people, crisscrossed by hundreds of rivers, has seen frequent floods in recent

A top Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader has said Bangladeshis are “not angry but hurt” over deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s stay in India, even as he urged politicians and security strategists in New Delhi to “rethink” their policy given the

Rescuers are scrambling to evacuate flooded communities after heavy rains inundated parts of Bangladesh and northeast India, causing rivers on both sides of the border to reach extreme levels. Nearly 3 million people have been affected by the flooding in Bangladesh, which has plunged

A Dhaka court on Thursday granted four-day remand each for journalist couple Farzana Rupa and Shakil Ahmed in a case filed over the killing of a garment worker in the capital’s Uttara during the July-August student protests. The duo worked in senior positions at Ekattor

Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson to the UN Secretary General today (August 22) said assuring safety and security of a journalist in any part of the globe is important especially nations those passing crisis moment.  He made the remark at a press briefing in New York of

Bangladesh Railway has indefinitely suspended all train services from Chattogram to the rest of the country due to severe flooding caused by days of heavy rainfall. The decision was made as floodwaters inundated the main railway line, particularly affecting the regions of Feni and

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) issued warning for heavy rainfall due to active monsoon mainly in southern regions of the country. Met office predicted heavy rainfall in the southern regions of the country including the capital and Mymensingh district in the midst of the

Four people including a woman were killed and at least 30 others injured in a clash between two groups over dominance and land dispute in Raipura of Narsingdi. The incident occurred at Sayedabad village in the district’s Srinagar upazila at 10 am on Thursday (August 22). The

The High Court (HC) has overturned the conviction of Adilur Rahman Khan, the former secretary of the human rights organisation Odhikar, and incumbent Director ASM Nasir Uddin, in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act. The single High Court bench of

The current flood situation in Bangladesh is not due to the release of waters from the dam on Gumti River in Tripura, India, said the neighbouring country in a statement on Thursday (22 August). “We have seen concerns being expressed in Bangladesh that the current situation of

Business leaders of the country have condemned the attempt to harass prominent industrialists by filing a baseless case and feared that such ill-motivated efforts may destabilise Bangladesh’s already struggling economy, deepening the ongoing crisis further. They came up with the

Newly appointed Bangladeshi leader Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday spoke with the head of the United States's international aid program, according to a US statement, his highest-level call with a US official since taking office.  Yunus and USAID Administrator Samantha Power

The Border Security Force (BSF) of India recently attempted to construct a barbed-wire fence along the Haripara border in Dahagram Union of Lalmonirhat district without notifying the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). This unauthorised construction, which violates international border laws

Extensive flooding in eastern Bangladesh has left more than 200,000 people stranded, an official said Wednesday (Aug 21). Shahina Akhter, chief of the Feni district administration, said that three sub-districts - Phulgazi, Chhagalnaiya and Porsuram - were particularly hard hit by the

The interim government is considering forming a commission to investigate the incidents of forced disappearances as many people were disappeared during the reign of the ousted Sheikh Hasina government.   "About 700 people were disappeared during the tenures of the Sheikh

The interim government of Bangladesh has decided to revoke diplomatic passport (Red passport) of the ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. This information was revealed on Wednesday (August 21) by the Passport Directorate. At the same time, if this passport is cancelled, they