Saraswati Puja, one of the main religious festivals of the Hindu community, is being celebrated across Bangladesh today amid much enthusiasm, festivity and religious fervour.

A court here yesterday sentenced a man to life term rigorous imprisonment (RI) for killing his wife in 2013.

The plaintiff of a murder case was found hanging from a tree in Nagarpur upazila on Tuesday night.

Police arrested a man for his alleged involvement in raping an eight-year-old schoolgirl in Begumganj upazila on Tuesday night.

Another arrestee gave statement to the court in Tangail yesterday admitting his involvement with Sunday’s rape of three schoolgirls in Ghatail upazila.

A weeklong protima mela (idol fair) at Boro Kalibari in the town concluded yesterday.

Around noon on Tuesday, a small crowd of farmers gathered near a paddy field in Chawkerhaat village of Biral upazila.

Hardly two months after recovery from illegal occupiers, a large area of Bangladesh Railway’s (BR) land near Sreemangal station in Moulvibazar is again under the grabbers’ possession.

Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) says no case of novel coronavirus has been detected after three suspected people were tested in the institute.

Three people have been arrested on charge of raping a ninth-grade student in Boalmari upazila in Faridpur, police say.

Bangladeshi citizens returning from China before the end of the country’s ongoing 14-day quarantine will be kept under observation, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says.

Amid fears of the Coronavirus breakout in China, the health department of Panchagarh has begun activity to detect any carriers of the virus at Banglabandha Land Port in Tentulia upazila.

The lone accused of raping an 11-year-old intellectually challenged girl is arrested in Noakhali’s Subornachar upazila.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tells the parliament that she keeps watch on everything and is aware of what’s happening in the capital and the country, despite moving with security protocol.

The High Court denies bail to suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Department of Prisons Bazlur Rashid in connection with a corruption case filed over amassing Tk 3.08 crore beyond the known source of his income.

A Tangail court today rejected a bail petition of Baul singer Shariat Sarkar in a case filed under the Digital Security Act for “hurting religious sentiment”.

Bees are dying in numbers owing to the ongoing cold spell, resulting in heavy losses for farmers in the northern districts.

The government has formed seven special monitoring committees to control price of rice in the market. The initiative was taken by the Food Ministry in a bid to prevent increasing price of rice in the market through illicit means, according to a press release of the ministry issued today.

Four people are killed after a bus crashed into a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Gouripur upazila of Mymensingh.

A case has been filed in connection with the rape of a 14-year-old in Shreepur upazila of Gazipur.