Indian Border Security Force (BSF) reportedly picked up and tortured a Bangladeshi farm labourer near Jogdal border in Thakurgaon’s Ranishankoil upazila yesterday.

Various chemical or organic pesticides are readily available in markets for controlling different insect pests in crop fields. But the solutions available for controlling animal pests such as rats are not as effective.

Miscreants attacked six temples and vandalised eleven idols in Porsha upazila of Naogaon early today, say police.

A Dhaka tribunal today issued arrest warrants against Kanak Sarwar and Major (retd) Delwar Hossain in a case filed under Digital Security Act.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said structural inequalities in society along with inherent social customs are causing disproportionate impacts of climate change on women.

A Panchagarh court today sent Banglabandha Union Parishad Chairman Kudrat-e-Khuda Milon to jail in a case filed over beating up a plaintiff on the court premises on September 16. 

Export earnings increased 60.37 per cent year-on-year to $4.73 billion in October, the highest ever for a single month in the history of Bangladesh.

Rab will have two permanent camps in the Sundarbans -- aiming to enhance the elite force’s surveillance capacity in the world’s largest mangrove forest.

Police have arrested an accused rapist and his associate after the victim’s father filed a case with Araihazar Police Station this morning.

Three people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00am today, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The stock market fell for the third consecutive day today as investors preferred remaining on the sideline.

The US ambassador in Pakistan, Joseph Farland, in a telegram sent today to the US State Department, informed that Pak

Some of them were murdered a decade ago, some in the early 2000s or even earlier. There is, however, a striking similarity: justice has not been done to them as impunity prevails. 

A Dhaka court has directed the Police Bureau of Investigation to probe into a case filed against seven members of popular band Meghdol.

A UN team yesterday began a four-day visit to Bhasan Char for needs assessment before starting humanitarian assistance to the Rohingyas in the island. 

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh has cancelled 10 coal-based power plants involving 12 billion dollars of foreign investment, just to supplement its efforts against the adverse impacts of climate change.

The High Court today denied bail to former AB Bank executive vice-president (EVP) ABM Abdus Sattar in a case filed over the embezzlement of Tk 176 crore.

The Supreme Court today upheld till further directive a High Court order that stayed the government decision to allocate 700 acres of land at Jhilonja forest in Cox’s Bazar to build a civil service academy.

Untimely floods have caused a loss of Tk 200 crore to agriculture, fisheries, livestock, and infrastructure.

A woman was killed and 20 others were injured when a truck hit 15 vehicles after the driver lost control of the wheels in Munshiganj today.