Md Rezaul Hoque from Purba Keshali Danga village in Sadullapur, Gaibandha has been suffering from blood cancer for the last three years, said a press release.

Three people died and two others were injured in train accidents in Dinajpur and Jamalpur in the last two days.

Today is the 28th death anniversary of Anwarul Islam Bobby, who played an important role in founding different newspapers.

Police yesterday arrested the driver of a pickup that ran over and killed two school girls in Fatikchhari, Chattogram, on February 9.

The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances at its recently concluded session scrutinised 17 cases from nine countries, including Bangladesh.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday upheld its chamber judge’s order regarding holding of the office of Bangladesh Film Artist Association’s (BFAA) general secretary, saying the issue would be settled at the High Court.

A Dhaka court yesterday directed the officer-in-charge of Cantonment Police Station execute the arrest warrant for former BNP lawmaker Mosaddek Ali Falu by March 24 in a case filed for siphoning Tk 183.92 crore to Dubai.

A court in Moulvibazar yesterday sent a youth to jail in a case filed for raping a three-year-old girl in Kulaura upazila on Friday.

Md Shahriar Alam, state minister for foreign affairs, yesterday reiterated that M Khairuzzaman, arrested in Malaysia, would be brought back home soon.

The Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed rebels in Yemen yesterday destroyed a communications system used for drone attacks and located near the telecoms ministry in Sanaa, it said in a statement.

From now on, children aged between 12 and 17 will get Covid-19 vaccines without any documents, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said yesterday.

Pneumonia is a respiratory infection usually caused by a virus, bacteria or fungi.

The Amar Ekushey Boi Mela begins today with preparations still unfinished till yesterday afternoon.

Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque yesterday said the government is in a fix over increasing fertiliser prices to manage a huge amount of subsidy.

The High Court yesterday questioned the rules of a customary law that deprives Hindu females or daughters of inheriting their deceased father’s properties.

He was supposed to arrive in Bangladesh on February 18. Before going to work on Friday in Yemen, he spoke to his wife in Dhaka saying that he would call her back.

A teenage boy was stabbed to death and four others were injured in a clash at a local shrine in Netrakona’s Kendua upazila early yesterday.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain in four weeks why the negligence of Gazipur’s Bangabandhu Safari Park authorities in ensuring the animals’ wellbeing should not be declared illegal.

Tashnuva Anan Shishir is the first Bangladeshi transgender woman to make a guest appearance at the prestigious PLITZS New York City Fashion Week.

Sitting for tests on three optional subjects and for fewer marks, HSC examinees of 2021 have achieved brilliant results as the pass rate and number of GPA-5 achievers in nine general education boards increased.