The High Court wants to know the number of people who died of dengue fever caused by Aedes mosquitoes across the country this year.

Rapid Action Battalion presses charges against Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, a former Jubo League leader and an alleged kingpin of the illegal casino business in Dhaka, in a case filed under the Arms Act.

Bangladesh is “partly free” in terms of using internet, according to the latest report of Freedom House.

Samir Chanda and Umme Kulsum have been elected as president and general secretary of Bangladesh Krishak League respectively.

Forest department personnel arrested 60 alleged deer poachers from Jaimoni area under Chandpai Range of the Sundarbans Eastern Forest Division early yesterday.

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan yesterday said the construction work of a separate railway bridge beside the Bangabandhu Multipurpose Bridge on the Jamuna river will begin next year.

An undertrial prisoner tried to kill himself by cutting throat with the sharp metallic part of his handcuff out of frustration at the dock of the senior judicial magistrate’s court in the district on Sunday.

From the outside, the uncertainty that surrounds Shyamol-Mongal-Romesh Smrity Bidya Niketon in Gobindaganj upazila is hardly noticeable.

A metalled road obstructs flow in Bogra major branch canal under Teesta Irrigation Project at Belaichondi village in Parbatipur upazila as Bangladesh Water Development Board’s (WDB) Saidpur divisional office in Nilphamari failed to follow rules while constructing the canal.

All the 12 Bailey bridges in Tangail portion of Tangail-Aricha road are now in dilapidated conditions, posing risk for a large number of vehicles including passenger buses, goods-laden trucks and light vehicles.

At least 15 shops and three dwelling houses were gutted in a fire that broke out at Badura Bazar in Galachipa upazila on Monday.

A Madaripur court yesterday sentenced a woman to life term imprisonment for killing her husband in 2018.

Robbers looted 109 tolas of gold ornaments, 500 tolas of silver and Tk 18 lakh from five jewellery shops after injuring two night guards at Ghorashal bazar in Palash upazila of Narsingdi early yesterday.

Detective Branch (DB) claims to have arrested a member of the transnational syndicate that involved in selling firearms into grey market after smuggling those from India.

The High Court issues a rule asking the government and the Election Commission (EC) to explain in four weeks why they should not be directed to resume birth registration of people at four municipalities and 71 unions in Cox’s Bazar.

Rashed Khan Menon and Fazle Hossain Badsha have been elected president and general secretary of Workers Party of Bangladesh respectively.

The inflation rate comes down slightly to 5.47 per cent in October from 5.54 per cent in September due to price fall in some non-food and food items except onion.

The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved six projects, including Tk 3,449.05 crore Physical Protection System (PPS) Project for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant.

Robbers have looted valuables including 109 tolas of gold and Tk 18 lakh cash from five jewellery outlets and a rice selling shop in Narsingdi’s Palash upazila.

The body of 10-year-old Iftakar Ahmed Wazid has been recovered 46 hours after a three-storey building collapsed in Narayanganj.