High Court forms a two-member judicial probe committee to find out the persons who are responsible for failure to prevent mosquito-borne disease dengue.

Bangladesh Railways suspends three staff including loco master and assistant loco master of Turna Nishita Express which rammed into another intercity train Udayan Express early today, killing at least 16 people.

A passenger of Chattogram-bound Udayan Express says that he was saved by another passenger who pushed him out of the train immediately after a big collision.

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan says the loco master of intercity train Turna Nishita is responsible for the accident.

At least 16 people have been killed and 25 injured as an intercity train crashes into another train in Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria.

A runaway buffalo attacked several people, leaving one dead and 10 others injured, in Phulbaria upazila on Sunday.

A man allegedly committed suicide after killing his wife in Pirgachha upazila of Rangpur district yesterday morning.

A man killed himself in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila on Sunday allegedly after failing to bear the continuous pressure from local moneylenders.

Health of Tangail townspeople is under threat due to absence of slaughterhouse and screening of animals at kitchen markets of the town.

Tulsi (a medicinal plant) cultivation is gradually gaining popularity among farmers at different villages in the district due to fair prices of the herb leaves.

Police have recovered the bodies of nine fishermen, who went missing in a trawler capsize in Meghna river during cyclone Bulbul yesterday.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) has seized around 1,000 fake passports at the offices of two recruiting agencies in a drive in the capital’s Fakirerpool area.

Opposition BNP MP Rumeen Farhana in the parliament says Buet student Abrar Fahad was killed just for criticising the government for its recent deal with India.

The Supreme Court has ruled that three accused of FR Tower design forgery case must surrender to the trial court concerned in seven days in line with the High Court order.

The country will come under the 100 per cent electricity coverage within the next three to four years, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid tells the parliament.

The High Court directs the authorities concerned to immediately stop all activities of constructing a multi-storey commercial building at a public park (children park) in Jhenidah and to properly protect and preserve the land as a park keeping its class unchanged.

The death toll from cyclone ‘Bulbul’ that lashed Khulna and adjoining southwestern part of the country yesterday rises to 17.

Gambia files a case at the United Nations’ highest court accusing Myanmar of genocide in its campaign against its Rohingya Muslim minority and asking the International Court of Justice to urgently order measures “to stop Myanmar’s genocidal conduct immediately.”

A Dhaka court has rejected a bail petition of suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Mizanur Rahman, in a case filed for transaction of Tk 40 lakh as bribe.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says the ongoing anti-graft drive will be carried out in all sectors in the country including political parties.