Officials of Chattogram Customs House recovered 160 gold bars worth around Tk 11 crore at Shah Amanat International Airport this morning.

Four persons -- a couple and their two children -- were killed at their house in Kolaroa upazila of Satkhira last night.

Police recovered the body of an elderly man hanging in a bamboo cluster in Baksiganj upazila of the district yesterday morning.

The Netrakona district administration has finally given temporary appointment to a driver for driving the water ambulance of Khaliajuri Upazila Health Complex.

Thousands of people of different villages in Nilphamari and Dinajpur have been suffering immensely since the concrete bridge over Bhulli river in Nilphamari Sadar upazila collapsed about three years ago.

Around two hundred locals clashed with police in Sector-4 of Dhaka’s Uttara tonight following a rumour that a housemaid was killed by her employer in the area.

The US will engage with Myanmar anew over the Rohingya repatriation and human rights violations in Rakhine State after the national elections in Myanmar to be held on November 8, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has said after a meeting with US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Beigun.

The government is going to introduce a new train on Rajshahi-Panchagarh route from tomorrow.

A 17-year-old was gang-raped, allegedly by three people, in Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar last night.

An accused today confessed to his involvement in the murder of journalist Ilias Hossain at Bandar upazila in Narayanganj on Sunday.

The High Court has upheld the life imprisonment of a convict, Ibrahim Gazi, in a case filed for raping a 15-year old girl in Dakop area of Khulna in 2006.

The local branches of scheduled banks will remain closed on October 17 (Saturday) in areas under Naogaon- 6 and Dhaka-5 parliamentary seats which will go to by-polls.

Bangladesh needs an integrated approach to develop public awareness against trafficking in persons, Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain said today.

An accused in a case filed over the gang-rape of a schoolgirl in Cox’s Bazar’s Maheshkhali upazila gave a confessional statement before a court today.

The government is working so that at least 20,000 Malaysian tourists visit Bangladesh next year, Chief Executive Officer of Bangladesh Tourism Board, Jabed Ahmed, said today.

Amid the ongoing crisis surrounding onions in the local market, Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzak today said he has directed researchers, scientists and officials to undertake action plans specifically aimed at self-sufficiency through increasing onion production in the country.

A transnational syndicate is allegedly using Bangladesh as a route to smuggle amphetamine powder to other countries, after smuggling it from India.

A former bank official has been sent to jail on charges of sexually abusing four children in Lalmonirhat’s Kaliganj upazila after he surrendered before the court yesterday.

A court in Tangail today sentenced a man to life term imprisonment in a case filed for raping a woman in 2008.

A 14-year-old girl, who faced attempted rape, died by suicide in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila last night.