Two alleged robbers, including a Rohingya, have been killed in separate “gunfights” with law enforcers in Cox’s Bazar and Cumilla.

Aminur Rahman of Gachhpara Kamrangaon village in Tangail’s Delduar upazila has found a more profitable way of duck rearing, which requires him to shift the birds to a different place twice or thrice a year, depending on availability of water in waterbodies.

Police detained two Rohingya women from Dugdugi Bazar area of Chuadanga’s Damurhuda upazila on Saturday.

Rangpur Sugar Mills in Gaibandha saved Tk 31 lakh by harvesting sugarcane from its Sahebganj farm with their regular labourers instead of getting the work done by a contractor this season.

About 400 inhabitants of bordering Dighaltari Degreechar village in Aditmari upazila have been suffering immensely since a 32-foot concrete bridge over a canal washed away by floodwater in July last year.

Nilphamari Medical College, that was established two years ago, is yet to get its permanent campus to run the academic and administrative activities.

A union parishad (UP) chairman and a union member have been suspended for faking birth certificates and giving those to Rohingyas.

Eight people are arrested in connection with two separate gangrape incidents in Bhola and Narayanganj.

The headmaster of Joari High School in Natore’s Baraigram upazila allegedly cuts the hair of 22 students, leading to angry guardians, locals and the students confining him to the school for about four hours.

The government has taken measures to ensure navigability in 10,000 kilometres of river routes through dredging 178 rivers, State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury tells parliament.

The High Court directed Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) to settle within 15 days the application filed by 62 families challenging BIWTA's action for establishing pillars in the families' land adjacent to the bank of Turag river in Savar.

A headmaster of a school in Brahmanbaria’s Kasba upazila along with nine SSC examinees are beaten up by unidentified youths for allegedly not cooperating with the culprits in cheating at an examination centre.

The surge in public borrowing from banks has significantly elevated the risk of further reducing the availability of credit to the private sector through two channels. One channel is through reducing the availability of liquidity for lending to the private sector. The other channel is interest rates.

Former governor of Bangladesh Bank Dr Atiur Rahman has been made special adviser to the newly formed action tank on financial inclusion, Creative Response-Social Innovation School in Japan.

The senior officials of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal have agreed to expeditiously finalise passenger and cargo protocols for implementation of the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal Motor Vehicles Agreement (BBIN-MVA).

A former leader of Awami League has been murdered in Companiganj upazila of Noakhali.

Foreigners who have travelled to China on January 15 and after will be barred from entering India by land, air and sea routes in a bid to control the spread of coronavirus.

Setting a rare example, the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has completed a mega project on time, saving around Tk 1,400 crore.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two suspected smugglers with 30 gold bars from Boroachra village under Benapole Port Police Station yesterday.

Police yesterday claimed to have arrested three youths in connection with a case filed for gang-rape of a 16-year-old girl in Sreemangal upazila on Friday night.