United Nations secretary general’s office has expressed its hope that “a climate could be created where free and fair elections could take place,” in Bangladesh.

A court in the United States yesterday dismissed all felony charges (33 counts) against Bangladesh's deputy consul general in New York, seven months after he was indicted in a case filed by the diplomat’s former domestic help.

Bangladesh is the third largest contributor of army personnel in UN peacekeeping missions, whereas, India ranks first followed by Pakistan in Asia. A total of 6,772 Bangladeshis have served in 58 peacekeeping missions across 40 countries since 1988.

Nearly 90,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since violence erupted in Myanmar in August, pressuring scarce resources of aid agencies and communities already helping hundreds of thousands of refugees from previous spasms of violence in Myanmar.

A United Nations human rights expert has expressed alarm at the deteriorating situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, affecting not just the Rakhine and Muslim populations but also other communities.

Bangladesh ranks 10th among countries where more than 45 million people globally are living in modern slavery. In Bangladesh, 1,531,300 people are living in modern slavery, according to Global Slavery Index 2016. According to the index, which ranks 167 countries, half the population of modern slaves are in five countries -- India, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Uzbekistan.

Law Minister Anisul Huq requests the Canadian government to deport Noor Chowdhury, a convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, to Bangladesh for his execution.

Accusing again Ziaur Rahman of his involvement in the killing of Bangabandhu, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the August 15 massacre was aimed to kill independence and the ideology with which Bangladesh was born.

At least 2,297 people were killed and 5,480 injured in road accidents in the last six months, a sharp rise in the death toll compared to the same period last year, National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR), an organisation campaigning for safety in the transport sector, says in a report. Move the mouse pointer over the bars of the interactive chart to have a comparative overview.

After the militant attack at Gulshan’s upscale café Holey Artisan Bakery on July 1 last year, law enforcers started launching operations at the hideouts of suspected militants across Bangladesh. On the map, 14 such anti-militancy drives including yesterday’s raid in Kushtia were marked. Click on the each marks to see brief information on the operation.

Bangladesh is among the top 10 worst countries in the world for workers as “they are exposed to autocratic regimes and unfair labour practices due to inaccessibility to rights”.

Md Dablu, 28, from Fetrapara at Rajpara in Rajshahi, has been sent to Rajshahi Central Jail on February 9, 2007, in connection with murder case filed with Poba Police Station on February 8 the same year.

Bangladesh government is to launch a campaign on cyber security and safety following the global ransomware attack that affected computers in nearly 100 countries.

Bangladesh voices concerns over the latest ballistic missile launching of North Korea and urges the country to exercise restraint for the overall good.

Some 20 foreigners, including Bangladeshi nationals, held at an immigration detention centre in Tokyo are on a rare hunger strike in an apparent bid for improved treatment, an official says.

Bangladesh is to import 600,000 tonnes of rice in an effort to replenish reserves and rein in prices of the staple.

A government-formed committee probing the US$101 million heist from Bangladesh central bank account with Federal Reserve Bank of New York submits its preliminary report.

BBC dismisses complaints by anti-GMO activists that its Panorama film ‘GM Food: Cultivating Fear‘, broadcasted in June 2015, is biased and inaccurate. In a lengthy judgement just published (pdf), the BBC’s highest complaints body, found that all the complaints made about the programme were without merit.

The busy urban living does not allow us to perform many of our rituals, festivities and practices the way our families observed them over the years. One such ritual is Chaitra Sankranti celebration.

Today is the birthday of barrister Monomohun Ghose, the first practicing barrister of Indian origin.