The trove, which was unearthed by youth volunteers, also included hundreds of smaller clippings from gold coins that would have served as smaller denominations.

Pakistan President ZA Bhutto called Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman while the latter was in London after a gallbladder operation. This is disclosed by Bangabandhu over his phone conversation with acting Prime Minister Syed Nazrul Islam today.

The 44th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be observed in the country today.

The Election Commission will take action if any of its officials is found involved in handing two National Identity cards to JKG Health Care’s Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury, who is now in jail on charge of issuing fake Covid-19 certificates.

The death from Covid-19 jumped yesterday after a month, according to the health directorate data.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the historic six-point demand was solely the brainchild of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and nobody else was involved in formulating this crucial political programme that led the to the county’s independence.

Two sisters were gang-raped by a group of criminals in Chuadanga Sadar upazila on Monday night.

A third night of street protests over the police shooting of a Black man erupted into gun violence late Tuesday and early yesterday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, killing two people and wounding one, police said.

An investigation committee formed by the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh yesterday blamed immigration authorities of Abu Dhabi, UAE for sending back 112 Bangladeshi migrant workers.

People from low-income groups, especially women, have been facing economic hardship, food insecurity, and have become victims of domestic violence amid the “stay-at-home” order to control Covid-19 transmission, said a new study report of icddr,b.

A female college student has lodged a case against four cops, including Ukhiya Police Station OC Morzina Akhtar, on charges of torturing her inside the police station over her relationship with a police constable.

When the countrywide school closure notice due to the Covid-19 outbreak was announced on March 17 this year, Johora Pervin and Abdullah Al Maruf -- both teachers -- lost their livelihoods and the income they needed to maintain their family of five in Rajbari.

The country’s death toll from novel coronavirus has crossed the 4,000-mark as the health directorate reported 45 more deaths in 24 hours till 8:30am yesterday.

The chairman of Harbang Union Parishad and three others were sued yesterday for torturing a woman and her children in Cox’s Bazar’s Chakaria recently.

China has risked serious repercussions by vetoing Bangladesh’s application for membership of the United Nations, sources close to Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman say today.

A Cox’s Bazar court yesterday granted a fresh four-day remand for three Marishbunia village residents, who were arrested in a case filed by Sharmen Shahria Ferdush over the killing of her brother Maj (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan in police firing.

The High Court yesterday questioned the legality of the health ministry’s decision asking the law enforcers to take its permission before raiding any hospitals.

Dr Sirajul Islam Medical College Hospital has been caught mixing blood samples from three patients just to skimp on petri dish.

A rubbish truck driver and four Bangladeshi workers were detained on Monday for “flying the Malaysian flag upside down” in front of their lorry.

Police have recovered decapitated bodies of two siblings from a house in Brahmanbaria’s Bancharampur upazila, five hours after they went missing.