Within one and a half years into the dredging of the Charalkata river, the riverbed has filled up again at different points as sand and earth kept on the banks of the river got deposited to the riverbed in the rainy season.

Police early yesterday recovered a 14-year-old boy’s body which was hanging from a shower head in the toilet of Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital.

Rab yesterday arrested a 58-year-old madrasa teacher in Natore’s Lalpur upazila where he had been hiding since March 6 after a case was filed against him for attempting to rape one of his students.

Inflammation is an immune response of the body towards damage and infection. It is usually gone on its own after serving the purpose, unless it is chronic.

A wedding ceremony was held on a high school playground, and to make that happen authorities suspended the day’s academic activities yesterday in Barishal city.

A women’s rights body yesterday demanded amendment of the existing family laws and enact a new one to ensure equal rights for women in inheritance and family property.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday invited United Arab Emirates investors to avail lucrative opportunities in Bangladesh, harness its potentials, and make the country their home.

The High Court yesterday issued a contempt of court rule against Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal for not registering Ganasamhati Andolon as a political party even though the court directed the Election Commission to do so almost three years ago.

A general holiday was observed at Bijaypur Government Primary School in Cumilla yesterday, mourning the deaths of its students in a tragic train accident.

Rights organisations have issued statements expressing alarm that the proposed social media regulation could pave the way to curb freedom of expression.

Three people died of Covid-19 and 327 cases were registered in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, according to a press release from the DGHS.

Two Americans, including a former executive of the oil company Citgo, were back in the United States yesterday after being released from prison in Venezuela, just days after a high-level US delegation met with President Nicolas Maduro.

At least six US states have been targeted by hackers linked to China who exploited vulnerabilities in web programs, cybersecurity company Mandiant said in a report.

Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation, a member of the consortium building the Matarbari coal-fired power plant under phase-1, has announced it will not participate in the second phase’s bidding process because of its revised policy on decarbonisation.

Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to further strengthen the existing bilateral relations between the two countries for mutual benefits.

Swechchhasebak League men vandalised the Patuakhali district BNP office in the town’s College Road area and locked it yesterday morning, alleged the opposition party.

Police yesterday recovered the body of a female stone crushing plant worker from a wheat field in Panchagarh’s Golabari village.

Police arrested two people in Bogura’s Shibganj upazila early yesterday over raping a 16-year-old speech impaired girl.

Bangladesh yesterday reported 1.97 percent Covid-19 positivity rate against 16,370 tests, the lowest after December 23 last year when the positivity rate hit 1.95 percent against 19,624 tests.

A BNP activist of Chattogram’s Rangunia upazila died yesterday, hours after a team of Rab-7 arrested him in connection with a murder case.