A Bangladeshi research published in a US-based journal found prevalence of heart disease, hypertension and diabetes among the people with sleeping disorders.

The High Court yesterday stayed for three months the investigation of the case filed against renowned photographer Shahidul Alam.

Two alleged criminals were found dead in Chuadanga and Jhenidah yesterday, while a suspected drug trader was killed in a “gunfight” with members of Border Guard Bangladesh in Cox's Bazar.

The government plans to introduce three VAT rates of up to 10 percent instead of the current single rate of 15 percent.

The Chittagong University authorities have terminated a professor of of Sanskrit Department over allegations of forgery in examinations.

A fast-track project of the government -- establishment of the country's third deep-sea port proposed at Cox's Bazar's Sonadia -- has plunged into uncertainty.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon all not to put extra pressure on the children for studying instead of making education interesting and delightful to them.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader was shifted to a cabin from the ICU at Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital yesterday after his condition improved further.

The Water Development Board (WDB) is implementing an embankment project along the Halda river causing severe damage to the natural breeding ground of carp fish.

A quarter of all premature deaths and diseases worldwide are due to environmental pollution and climate change, says a landmark report of the United Nations.

US President Donald Trump's former campaign chief Paul Manafort, sentenced to 47 months in prison last week for tax and bank fraud, returned to court yesterday to find out whether he faces even more jail time.

Reporters Without Borders said Tuesday it had asked the International Criminal Court to investigate the murders of 102 journalists in Mexico from 2012 to 2018, calling the rash of killings a crime against humanity.

At least 18 construction workers were injured in Tangail as a 26-feet tall porch of an under-construction building at Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University collapsed on them early yesterday.

What was recovered from Polash Ahmed, alleged hijacker of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft, is a useless plastic toy gun, a ballistics test finds.

British lawmakers were yesterday set to stave off the threat of a no-deal exit from the European Union on March 29 but the second defeat of Prime Minister Theresa May's divorce treaty has left the country heading into the Brexit unknown.

Turkey yesterday denounced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "blatant racism" after he called Israel the nation-state of "the Jewish people" only, not all its citizens.

Fishermen keep violating a government ban on fishing in rivers.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority yesterday knocked down some 55 structures, including one four-storey building and two three-storey buildings, in Ramchandrapur area of capital's Mohammadpur as part of their ongoing drive against the illegal establishments along the Buriganga and Turag rivers.

Felling of trees by “influential people” is damaging the biodiversity of Bhola's Manpura Island, making it prone to natural disasters.

No airlines of Bangladesh would be allowed to operate the Boeing 737 Max family of aircraft until the probe reports of the two 737 Max 8 crashes are revealed, said Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh.