This season farmers in the district have recorded the highest production of Aush paddy in the last 20 years due to favourable weather.

Land grabbing by a group of people associated with the ruling party was rampant in Ghoraghat and UNO Wahida Khanam, who also acted as the assistant commissioner of land, became a problem for them, locals have said.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today again issued a letter to Kuwait-Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital seeking its record books, including bills and vouchers, to investigate graft allegations in accommodation and meal bills.

A case has been filed with Fatullah Model Police Station over the recent blast at the Baitul Salat Jame Mosque in Narayanganj accusing unidentified people of negligence.

National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines will operate five special flights on the Dhaka-Beirut route in the next few weeks to bring back Bangladeshi nationals who are stranded in Lebanon.

A Dinajpur court has placed Asadul Haque, the prime accused in a case filed over the recent attack on Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Wahida Khanam and her father Omar Ali Sheikh, on seven-day remand.

On August 8, 2020, I landed in Canada’s Pearson Airport uncertain of my next destination. It seemed strange that I simply could not hail a taxi and go to my husband’s apartment in the eastern part of Toronto. Nothing is normal anymore, as we used to know before 2020.

Protesting the attack on Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer Wahida Khanam, government employees formed a human chain at the Hilly-Ghoraghat Road in Dinajpur today.

Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad today said the government is planning to introduce modern and specialised trades in the country’s technical training centres for creating and sending more skilled workers abroad.

A farmer used excessive pesticide on his lentil field which eventually left 31 birds dead at Jogatola in Pabna's Vangura upazila yesterday. The farmer in question begged pardon to the local administration with a formal undertaking that he would not do the same again.

Transparency International Bangladesh today demanded a judicial probe into the barbaric attack on Ghoraghat Upazila Nirbahi Officer Wahida Khanam to unearth the actual reason behind the incident.

The government has brought necessary changes in the Ride Sharing Service Guideline-2017, so that a car owner can use his or her vehicle under more than one service.

Experts have said public health practices in the country needs to be made more mainstream and widely available to improve overall health situation and tackle pandemics such as Covid-19.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra Founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury has called upon the government to launch burn units at every district-level hospital and provide the medical professionals relevant training to treat patients with burn injuries.

Religious Affairs Ministry has instructed committees of all mosques across the country -- especially those with air-conditioners -- to take necessary measures to examine and repair electrical connections inside the places of worship, in order to avoid accidents from faulty wiring and short circuits.

Law Minister Anisul Huq today urged the lower court judges to discharge judicial functions with competence, honesty and sincerity to ensure justice for people in a short time.

Two investigation officers (IO) today gave their statements before a Dhaka tribunal in connection with an arms case against expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman.

The country's largest land port Benapole has been operating without a director for the last ten months as the government did not appoint anyone since November last year.

Thirty-two people have died from Covid-19 infections in the country during the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has told the parliament that it is necessary to verify whether mosques across the country have been constructed, taking approval from appropriate authorities and with proper designs, so that incidents like the blast at Narayanganj mosque do not recur.