Five years into a High Court directive to withdraw poorly engineered three-wheelers from highways in 10 districts under Khulna division, there is no noticeable progress in this regard.

Those days are long gone when the rich and the powerful used to unleash their army of mercenaries, then known as ‘lathials’, to occupy a piece of land by force.

Robbers swooped on the vehicles carrying members of a bridal party and looted cash, gold ornaments and mobile sets worth Tk 15 lakh near Suhari Bridge in Galachipa upazila early yesterday.

A court here yesterday sentenced a man to death for killing his niece after abduction in 2013.

A youth was killed and 10 others were injured in a clash between two rival groups over a piece of disputed land at Ghagtia village in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj yesterday.

Police rescued a college girl on Monday, three weeks after her abduction in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur.

Norway wants a quick and amicable solution to the complications that mobile operator Grameenphone faces regarding its operations, in light of payment of dues to Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC).

Bangladesh Mahila Parishad has said there were 337 reports of torture and sexual violence against women and girls in February.

The health ministry has recommended restricting on-arrival visa service for citizens of Iran, South Korea, and Italy as these countries are witnessing accelerated coronavirus infection.

Police arrest a cashier of Janata Bank in Noakhali on charge of misappropriating nearly Tk two crore.

The parliament for the first time in its history is going to hold a special session from March 22 to mark the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

District and Sessions judge of Pirojpur, Abdul Mannan, has been stand released today on charges of corruption.

UN agencies and NGO partners launch the 2020 Joint Response Plan (JRP) for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis, seeking to raise USD 877 million to respond to the needs of approximately 855,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar and over 444,000 vulnerable Bangladeshis in Cox’s Bazar.

High Court (HC) today questioned the legality of Bangladesh Bank's decision which instructed all banks to set maximum nine percent interest rate on all loans except credit cards.

A total of 5.48 lakh metric tonne coal from Boropukuria coal mine were misappropriated throughout 15 years until July 2018, the Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) has claimed.

An alleged robber has been killed in a “gunfight” with police in Bheramara upazila of Kushtia.

A Dhaka court today sentenced two persons to death for killing two five-year-old girls in Demra, Dhaka last year.

Parveen Akther (45), a resident of Joistopura village under Boalkhali upazila in Chattogram, used to hardly experience elephant attacks. The fear of elephant attack has never been a part of daily life for her. But in the last five or six years, a herd of elephants have regularly scoured their village in search of food, in the process attacking people and damaging crops.

Five people, including a member of Border Guard Bangladesh, were killed and at least 15 others injured in a clash between the paramilitary force and villagers in Khagrachhari’s Matiranga upazila this afternoon, police say.

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a $200 million loan to Bangladesh to increase access to electricity and improve service efficiency in Dhaka and the country’s western zone.