Once jobless, Abul Kashem now earns Tk 4 lakh a year by selling vermicompost fertiliser prepared at his village Mayapukur in Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila. The 34-year-old is now the inspiration for many jobless youths in his locality. He is the only person from the area who is involved in making vermicompost and becomes successful.

In the name of Bangladesh Auto-bike Sramik League Kalyan Society, a group of local influential people are allegedly collecting illegal tolls from CNG-run auto-rickshaws at Ghior Bazar bus stand in Manikganj.

Students of Bolahar High School in Dinajpur’s Ghoraghat upazila blocked two roads for an hour after four youths assaulted the school headmaster when the latter protested stalking of several girls of the school yesterday.

Although five days have already been passed since filling of the rape case, police are yet to arrest the accused madrasa principal for raping a fifth grader of his institution in Netrakona’s Kendua upazila nearly four months ago.

At least 1,000 acres of arable land in Doulatpur union under Dinajpur’s Phulbari upazila has remained unused for the last two years due to waterlogging as influential people blocked the passage of eight culverts after digging ponds for fish farming in the adjacent spots.

​The Counter Terrorism unit of Chattogam Metropolitan Police submits its final report before a Chattogram court on the Biman plane hijacking bid, implicating the accused Polash Ahmed.

Oracle, one of the leading global business software providers,opens its first office in Bangladesh, where it began operations 20 years back.

State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury in parliament says there were 49,558 river grabbers across the country, with the highest -- 5,906 grabbers -- in Cumilla district.

The Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (Haab) criticises the civil aviation ministry's proposal to increase airfare for each Hajj pilgrim by Tk 12,000 this year, terming the proposal “illogical and immoral”.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today observed Bangladesh Army's winter exercise, "Operation Bijoy Gourab", at an island in Hatiya upazila of Noakhali.

The Gambia says the verdict of the International Court of Justice is a major step towards holding Myanmar accountable for alleged acts of Genocide against Rohingya.

India’s Border Security Force (BSF) reportedly has killed four Bangladeshi nationals, said to be cattle traders, along the Noagaon and Jashore borders.

A total of 217 more Bangladeshi workers are deported by Saudi Arabia, raising the number to over 2,500 in last three weeks.

A case has been filed over rape of a seven-year-old girl at Dhaka’s Sabujbagh.

The 22nd span of Padma bridge has been installed this morning making a total 3.3 kilometres of the mega structure visible to public.

A uniform admission test will be held next year to enrol students at all public universities in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh has gone up three steps higher than the previous year in Transparency International's global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2019. However, Bangladesh has scored 26 out of 100, the same as 2018.

Twenty activists of the Chittagong University unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League are detained from two dormitories following an attack and counter attack between two factions of the organisation on campus.

A man has died after being hit by a bus in Dhaka’s Motijheel area.

A woman was murdered in the town yesterday morning.