A madrasa teacher was stabbed to death in an attack by his rivals allegedly over a land dispute in Mirzaganj upazila of the district yesterday morning.

Several hundred farmers, who rely on cultivation of only Boro rice once a year in haors of Netrakona’s Khaliajuri upazila, are delighted to harvest a second crop this season.

I met Farid in Qatar’s Alkhor area in 2011. Farid, who hails from Chattogram, went to Qatar as a labourer in 2001 and like other expatriate workers, he was working there day and night.

Twenty-one eminent personalities will get the country's second highest civilian award, the Ekushey Padak, this year in recognition of their contributions to various fields.

An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of police was killed after being hit by a truck at Kumira area in Sitakunda.

Expressing serious concern over the current levels of air pollution in Dhaka, the High Court today issued three new directives on the authorities concerned to keep this pollution in check.

A worker of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant died when a piece of wood fell on him early today.

Several hundred families in Bagdanga and Manoharnagar villages in Jashore’s Keshabpur upazila have been living in inhumane conditions, as their houses remain under water for nearly two months.

Empathy for cancer patients and proper treatment, instead of fear or social stigma, can save millions of lives every year, said cancer survivors, caregivers and medical experts.

Illegal structures are being built on Bharani khal in Dhankhali union under Kalapara upazila of the district, causing hindrance to the normal flow of water in the canal.

A Kishoreganj court yesterday sentenced a man to death and his father to life term imprisonment for killing a madrasa principal in Hossainpur upazila in 2009.

Four rights organisations filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the government for steps to stop the display of any photographs of smoking and the use of tobacco products in films and dramas in line with the relevant provisions of law.

Police today have rescued three school-going children -- who ran away from their homes -- from Lalmonirhat last night.

Police detained four people yesterday in connection with a case for beating a journalist after tying him to a tree in Sunamganj’s Tahirpur upazila on Monday.

Mayoral and councillor candidates of Tangail municipality, all defeated in the January 30 election, continued their agitation yesterday, protesting irregularities and vote forgery in the recent elections

Jujube is a small fruit, locally known as boroi. Growers of the fruit in the district are now happy at getting bumper production and much higher prices.

The recent re-excavation of two silted canals, Kumrimara and Majidpur, has brought much joy and happiness to thousands of inhabitants of three villages in Kalapara upazila.

Two motorcyclists were killed and two others injured in a road accident at Jashore's Bagharpara upazila tonight.

The lowest temperature -- 6.2 degree Celsius -- was recorded in Chuadanga today, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department.

Siblings aged 11 and 3 were injured in a crude bomb explosion in Ganka area of Chapainawabganj town.