The High Court yesterday directed the Department of Environment (DoE) to shut 25 factories and two private hospitals on the bank of the Buriganga River in Dhaka as they are operating without environment clearance certificates.

Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman Iqbal Mahmood yesterday stressed the need for strong collaboration between the ACC and the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) office to ensure accountability in public sectors to combat corruption.

A woman allegedly had acid thrown on her by a youth in Faridpur’s Jagannathdi village under Madhukhali upazila on Saturday evening.

A rogue elephant named after the late Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has died in captivity after he was captured following a massive hunt in northeastern India, officials said yesterday.

US President Donald Trump began his annual physical exam on Saturday, visiting the doctor several months ahead of schedule in anticipation of the busy 2020 election season, his spokeswoman said.

Five thousand police were deployed in Athens yesterday for an annual demonstration marking the anniversary of a 1973 anti-junta uprising that regularly descends into violence, authorities say.

A readymade garment worker has allegedly been gang-raped by her separated husband and his two friends in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat on Saturday evening.

A Chinese worker at Payra Power Plant in Patuakhali allegedly stabbed a fellow worker dead on Saturday night.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka yesterday for a four-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to attend the Dubai Air Show 2019.

Police recovered the hanging body of a 5th-year medical student in Faridpur Sadar upazila yesterday, around 48 hours after he had gone missing from his dormitory.

The Anti-Corruption Commission could not start a project to use modern technology at its offices due to fund shortage in nearly three years.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government wants to see whether there is any conspiracy behind the sudden hike in the price of onions in the country.

Myanmar has struck back after a surge of global legal pressure over its alleged crimes against the Rohingya, branding an investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) “not in accordance with international law”.

Cyclone Bulbul damaged 4,589 trees in the Sundarbans, mostly in the western part of the mangrove forest under Khulna and Satkhria districts, according to the Bangladesh Forest Department.

A student of Rajshahi University was confined to a dormitory room and beaten with iron rods and sticks allegedly by two Bangladesh Chhatra League activists yesterday.

The Ichhamati, the once vibrant river that features prominently in several Bangla literary works, has turned into a narrow channel filled with garbage, thanks to rampant encroachment and indiscriminate dumping of waste.

The fifth Dhaka International Folk Fest (DIFF) 2019 concluded yesterday and featured mesmerising performances by Malek Kawal and Chandana Majumdar from Bangladesh, Sattuma from Russia and Junoon from Pakistan.

Police last night recovered the body of a journalist from his rented home in the capital’s Banasree.

Police held a man in a rape case in Bogura yesterday, while three others including a local Awami League leader were sent to jail over rape allegation in Satkhira and Barishal.

Australia’s parliamentary intelligence committee head, who has previously criticised Beijing, said he had been blocked from entering China due to his “frankness about the Chinese Communist Party”.