Every four years, the United Nation’s Human Rights Council reviews Bangladesh’s human rights situation as part of its Universal Periodic Review (UPR).

The lower house of the Indian parliament last night passed a controversial bill which will grant citizenship to minorities, except Muslims, fleeing persecution in neighbouring countries.

Bangladesh’s archers swept all 10 gold medals of the 13th South Asian Games, cruising to the title in the four events decided yesterday and in doing so, set a few individual and collective records in Pokhara.

An Ekushey Padak winner and retired Dhaka University physics teacher, Prof Ajoy Roy breathed his last at the intensive care unit of the capital’s Birdem Hospital at 12:35pm yesterday.

By stripping the Rohingyas of citizenship in 1982 and sparking waves of violence since the 70s, Myanmar has created a crisis for which Bangladesh is having to deal with socio-economic burdens, security risks, and diplomatic challenges, analysts said.

A watershed legal battle will take place at the UN’s highest court today to hold Myanmar accountable over the alleged genocide against its Rohingya minorities.

Stamford University student Rubaiyat Sharmin Rumpa’s friend Abdur Rahman Saikat was placed on a four-day remand yesterday in connection with her death.

Myanmar continues to violate the rights of the Rohingyas and fails to comply with its obligations under the UN Genocide Convention, regional rights body Fortify Rights has said, calling for urgent action by the top UN court that starts historic hearing of the genocide case against the country tomorrow.

The recently-constructed Rangasala in Pokhara yesterday became the scene of Bangladesh’s most successful day in the history of the South Asian Games, turning into a gold-mine for the country, who won seven gold medals yesterday -- the single-best haul for Bangladesh, beating the previous best of four golds on a single day from the 2010 edition held in Dhaka.

In a Kolkata press conference, General Aurora of Indian army says they are ready for larger warfare as Indian infantry, logistics and PT-67 amphibious tanks are ready to enter Bangladesh.

The High Court yesterday ordered the Department of Environment (DoE) to shut down all illegal industries, factories, and organisations on the Buriganga that are polluting the river.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government was thinking of introducing a virtual court in the country.

A river under onslaught. An open defiance of a High Court order. And inept river custodians.

Although police found some clues, mystery over the death of Stamford University student Rubaiyat Sharmin Rumpa was yet to be resolved.

Mabia Akter Simanta ended Bangladesh’s three-day gold-drought at the 13th South Asian Games yesterday before two more gold medals on the day turned it into Bangladesh’s best day of the Games since Day 3.

Pakistan army regiments become detached from one another. They have no way to flee back to Dhaka. General Jagjit Singh is told to march towards Dhaka with his troops. Meanwhile, a brigade is told to march forward towards Mymensingh from Haluaghat.

Bangladesh witnessed a remarkable 62 percent decline in the prevalence of malaria in 2017-18, said a World Health Organization report.

Almost all the new textbooks have reached upazilas and the process has begun to send those to schools for distribution among students on January 1.

Indian police yesterday shot dead four gang-rape and murder suspects, prompting celebrations but also accusations that they were extrajudicial executions.

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi is expected to attend the birth centenary programme of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman next year, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said yesterday.