The daughter-in-law of Noakhali’s Begumganj Upazila Parishad chairman Shahnaz Begum was injured after being shot at their residence this afternoon.

A temple and seven shops were gutted after a fire broke out around noon at a cotton warehouse on the Pirojpur Press Club Street today, said Abdul Malek, deputy director of Pirojpur Fire Service.

Twelve Bangladeshis, including two children, returned home today from India after serving three years of jail terms each for intrusion.

The third phase election to 62 municipalities ended across the country today amid reports of violence and election boycott by BNP candidates.

A marine engineer and his wife were sent to jail by a Mymensingh court over the murder of their house help.

The house of second accused in Agartala conspiracy case Shaheed Lt Commander Moazzem Hossain in Paschim Dumritla village of Pirojpur’s Sadar upazila was burnt to ashes this morning.

Chalanbil's freshwater shutki (dried fish) is in demand all over the country. However, due to lack of competitive markets, the sole proprietor in the region is paying exploitative amounts to the fishermen and those who prepare the shutki.

Education ministry has decided to extend the ongoing closure of educational institutions till February 14 due to Covid-19 pandemic.

The government has appointed new deputy commissioners to nine districts.

A newborn boy was found dead in Mulgram area beside Keshabpur-Rajganj road in Jashore’s Keshabpur upazila early yesterday.

Thousands of commuters on Doariakona-Chandpur road in Netrakona’s Kalmakanda upazila have been experiencing untold sufferings for long as the road is in a dilapidated condition.

It was January 27, 1922. Several thousand people including peasants, traders and buyers from different northern districts came to ‘Salanga Haat’, then one of the biggest rural markets in the northern region for shopping for the whole week,

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have recovered two statues of Hindu deities Vishnu and Jagaddhatri made of touchstone in Naogaon’s Mahadevpur upazila.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today extended till July 13 its chamber judge's order that stayed the High Court verdict for including Mohalladars and Dofadars of the village police to grades concerned of the national time scale and for paying their due salaries.

A tense situation is prevailing in Pabna town tonight centring the upcoming Pabna municipality election slated for January 30.

A Supreme Court lawyer has served a legal notice to the government, requesting it not to reopen educational institutions until the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is completely over.

A man has been arrested in Rajbari’s Goalanda for allegedly trying to rape his step-daughter, an eighth grader.

Three Dhaka University teachers have been demoted on charge of plagiarism in their research papers.

Kuwait’s Criminal Court today sentenced Bangladeshi lawmaker Kazi Shahidul Islam Papul to four years in jail, reports Kuwaiti newspaper Alqabas.

Terming the latest Chattogram City Corporation election a model of polls irregularities, Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder said the authorities concerned need to find a way out to hold future elections in a more fair and credible manner.