A two-year-old, who sustained burn injuries with his parents in a fire at Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area on Saturday, died at a hospital early today.

The Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia yesterday suspended a staffer after police arrested him with 89 yaba pills near the campus on May 24.

At least six activists of ruling Awami League (AL) sustained bullet wounds in a reported factional clash in Noakhali’s Companyganj upazila this evening.

A former joint director of Bangladesh Rural Development Board died this evening, hours after he was in a road accident in Dhaka’s Mirpur area.

Mr Raju Sarker once had dreams. Work hard and save enough to open his own business and give his wife and son a comfortable life.

Former police superintendent Babul Akter, who is under arrest in a case filed over his wife Mitu’s murder, has been sent to Feni district jail today.

Agriculture Minister Mohammad Abdur Razzaque today said retaining self-sufficiency in food is a big challenge due to population growth, loss of cultivable land and many other reasons.

Bangladesh Hindu-Bouddha-Christian Oikya Parishad today expressed discontent over the poor allocation of funds for religious minorities under the Annual Development Programme (ADP) of the proposed budget in the upcoming fiscal year.

Another 126 Bangladeshis, who were stuck in India, returned home today through Benapole check-post.

Some 52 per cent of consumers apply for electricity connection through middlemen without going directly to the electricity office, according to a new survey.

Protesting the brutal torture of 12-year-old Amena Khaten, locals in Jashore formed a human chain today demanding the arrest of those involved.

A Dhaka court today placed five men on a three-day remand (each) in a case filed for gang-raping a woman on a running bus in Savar's Ashulia.

A transnational gang involving some Bangladeshis is behind trafficking young girls using Tiktok and forcing them into prostitution in India, police said.

Two people were killed and one was injured in separate accidents in Chandpur when hit by Sagarika Express train over 24 hours.

About 500 metres of Patuakhali’s Kuakata beach, the lone tourist attraction of the district, was washed away due to tidal surge caused by recent Cyclone Yaas.

Natore’s farmlands have been halved since the last 8 years where the number of unplanned ponds on farmlands has increased almost twofold.

Two people were killed in a head-on collision between a CNG-run autorickshaw and a motorcycle in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj district on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway today.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has lauded the role of Bangladeshi peacekeepers as “ambassadors of peace”, saying they are helping brand the country abroad as a peace-loving nation.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh has to maintain friendship with all as the government wants to develop the country into a prosperous one.

Chinese engineers and technicians working in mega projects in Bangladesh got their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine today.