Fish drying is going on in full swing at Dublar Char and several other areas in the Sundarbans. Fish drying season has started in the char areas on November 5 which will continue till March. Dublar Char is the largest fish drying centre in the Sundarbans.

A church was ransacked and at least one person sustained injury during an attack on Ichhachhara Khasi village in Kulaura upazila on Monday night -- several hours after the upazila administration in a raid evicted illegal occupants from a betel leaf garden belonging to an indigenous family at Katabari Paan Jum.

A Kurigram court on Monday jailed a youth until his natural death in connection with a case for killing a teenage girl in Roumari upazila of the district in 2015.

Treasury and opposition bench MPs today lauded Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for his extraordinary political life, leadership and utmost sacrifice for liberating Bangladesh.

Korea has provided $1 million to Unicef Bangladesh this year for activities to help prevent gender-based violence particularly in Cox's Bazar.

A twenty-five-year-old was killed in a clash between two groups at Mulkhana village of Kalabaria union under Naragati police station in Narail's Kalia upazila.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) surveyed 37 hospitals from 35 districts and found that 49.6 percent doctors and 45.9 percent of nurses are still not getting adequate PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). Staff working in non-Covid units faced this the most.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said there is a need for constructive multilateralism now more than ever as the Covid-19 pandemic has reminded us “no one is safe until everyone is safe”.

A tribunal in Dhaka today sentenced four people, including a retired army official, to life term in jail in an arms case.

Sophisticated Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) and riot control vehicles were included today in Border Guard Bangladesh’s (BGB’s) arsenal to enhance its operational activities and capacity building.

Thirty-three people were detained and around 134 people fined by mobile courts for violating Covid-19 health guidelines in Munshiganj and Khulna today.

Turkey expects issues poisoning ties with the United States to be addressed, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said today, adding the search for solutions to conflicts in Syria and Libya were presenting new opportunities to improve ties.

Rights body Ain o Salish Kendra today demanded authorities to bring all mental health hospitals and service providers under regular monitoring and to ensure they are accountable for their activities.

A court in Pirojpur today sentenced two people, including a woman, to life term imprisonment for killing a man in Sadar upazila in 2016.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to start direct flights from Sylhet to Cox's Bazar from November 12.

Sixteen more patients died from Covid-19 infection in the past 24 hours till this morning, raising the total fatalities in the country to 6,108, according to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A woman has filed a case accusing her father-in-law of raping her in Tarakanda upazila of Mymensingh.

Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) today sent a letter to the chief justice demanding that the authorities concerned take necessary steps so that no misunderstanding forms between the bar and bench (court) and their relationship is not damaged.

A Sylhet court today granted seven-day remand for suspended Sub-inspector Akbar Hossain Bhuiyan, prime suspect of the custodial killing of Rayhan Ahmed on October 11.

Posts and Telecommunications Division today sent Director General of the Directorate of Posts, Sudhangshu Shekhar Bhadra, on forced leave as primary investigation found evidence of corruption against him.