The holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune, will be observed tonight across the country with due religious fervour and devotion.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government has long-term plans to make the future beautiful for the children.

A Chhatra League leader was stabbed to death by a group of unidentified criminals in Rangamati town on early yesterday.

The officer-in-charge of Chakaria Police Station was withdrawn and attached to Cox’s Bazar police lines yesterday on charges of celebrating his birthday with a fugitive accused in an attempted murder case.

A man was found alive inside a sack in the Sati River in Lalmonirhat’s Sadar upazila yesterday morning.

Osteoporosis is a disease of the bones. The word means “porous bone”. It weakens your bones and makes them more prone to fractures.

It wasn’t the Napa syrup that killed the two children at Durgapur village, after all. It was their mother who had poisoned them so that she could marry her boyfriend.

People who received the second dose of Covid-19 vaccines at least four months ago will now be allowed to receive their booster dose from centres, irrespective of whether they received an SMS in this regard, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.

A letter, purportedly written by Harris Chowdhury’s daughter, has requested the authorities to conduct a DNA test, if necessary, to confirm the identity of the BNP leader.

India yesterday restored all currently valid regular (paper) visas, in a development that will be much cheered by Bangladeshis, who account for the highest number of tourist arrivals.

Several tombs and a leaden sarcophagus likely dating from the 14th century have been uncovered by archaeologists at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris following its devastating 2019 fire.

Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia have agreed to work together on boosting security cooperation in their respective regions and beyond as the geopolitical landscape is shifting following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. 

For  the second straight day, the capital appeared to have witnessed its  pre-pandemic form as seemingly interminable traffic jams grounded  movement to a crawl yesterday, causing immense public suffering.

A former Sujanagar municipality mayor and a top Jubo League leader were sent to jail yesterday on charges of attacking two brothers, and killing one of them.

Md Touhiduzzaman, the officer-in-charge of the Gaibandha’s Sundarganj Police Station, was closed and attached to the Gaibandha police lines after several audio clips surfaced of his allegedly taking bribe to release two key accused of a high-profile case.

Mitali Express, the third passenger train to be operated between Dhaka and West Bengal’s New Jalpaiguri (NJP) in India, is likely to start running within this month to boost connectivity between the two neighbours.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain in four weeks why its inaction to formulate rules under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act 2000 to provide maintenance for children born of rape should not be declared illegal.

A man was sent to jail by a Kishoreganj court yesterday for raping his stepdaughter in Bhairab upazila.

A Bagerhat court yesterday sent a lawyer to jail in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

Rab yesterday arrested a 49-year-old man in Manikganj in a case filed over the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl.