Coastguards yesterday recovered the bodies of two more men believed to be from any of the fishing boats that sank in the Bay of Bengal on Friday night.

Police yesterday arrested two men on charges of raping a woman in Aditmari, Lalmonirhat.

Police in Bagerhat arrested a fugitive convict, who was sentenced to life in prison for raping a third-grader In Chattogram in 2012.

A Narsingdi court yesterday placed two men on a one-day remand each in a case filed over the gang-rape of a woman in Palash upazila.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed 10 BNP men on a three-day remand each and sent others to jail in a case filed over Sunday night’s clash between police and Chhatra Dal activists in the capital’s Naya Paltan.

Fennel seeds look like cumin, but are greener. They are the dried seeds of the fennel herb. It is a common item frequently used in most South Asian kitchens.

A college student and her family members have been living away from their neighbourhood in Charghat, Rajshahi, for 11 days for fear of reprisals after her father accused a local man and four of his friends in a case of stalking and attempted rape.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given directives to the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment to make the process of manpower export more precise and transparent.

The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances yesterday began a five-day meeting in Geneva to examine more than 300 cases from 24 countries.

Shafia Khatun, Shamsunnahar, Rawshan Ara (Bachchu) and I went to Bangla Bazar School and Eden College to organise the strike.

A man was trampled to death by an elephant after he went too close to it in Bethua Bazar area of Cox’s Bazar’s Chakaria yesterday.

Nine tigers and nine lions are in good health at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur, while one lion is being treated for illness caused by old age complications, park officials said.

The government while closing 25 state-owned jute mills a year and a half ago had pledged to reopen those, but a parliamentary committee yesterday recommended those be not reopened under government management.

Some places of the country may see rain, triggered by westerly loo, on Thursday, says Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).

Trains will start taking passengers at full capacity from February 13, Bangladesh Railway said in a notification on Sunday.

Rab yesterday arrested five members of a robbery gang and seized arms and ammunition following a “gunfight” in the Jangal Salimpur area of Chattogram city.

China and the World Health Organization have discussed the need for “stronger collaboration” on tracing the origins of Covid-19, amid tensions over the WHO’s plans to further investigate the theory that the virus could have leaked from a Wuhan lab.

A five-year-old boy died after falling from the rooftop of a building in Dhaka’s Uttar Jatrabari area yesterday afternoon.

Police arrested a woman and seized 10,000 pieces of yaba pills from her in the capital’s Kurmitola area yesterday.

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Shahab Uddin has one answer for all the questions regarding the deaths of one tiger, one tigress, and 11 zebras at Bangabandu Safari Park in Gazipur.