BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir voices grave concern over the life of his party Chairperson Khaleda Zia and says her health condition is very critical and she might not recover.

It could be seen from a few yards away. The long, dried leaves of Golpata -- a plant native to the Sundarbans -- wayed in the late autumn breeze revealing cut outs of Irrawaddy and Ganges River Dolphins at the Liberation War Museum. These species, both considered globally endangered, are the last two remaining freshwater dolphin species in Asia that call the Sundarbans their home.

Around 173 Bangladeshi workers area deported from Saudi Arabia, as the authorities in the Kingdom are continuing to send back the workers.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two separate cases against Mohammedan Sporting Club director (in-charge) M Lokman Hossain Bhuiyan and online casino businessman Salim Prodhan for amassing wealth illegally.

The High Court has ordered the authorities of a launch, MV Yard, to give Tk 3 lakh in 15 days for the treatment of Zaima Newaz Tisa, a six-year-old child who lost a finger of her right leg after the launch hit her at Fatullah launch terminal.

A Dhaka court has placed contractor SM Golam Kibria Shamim and expelled Jubo League leader Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan on a seven-day remand each in two separate corruption cases.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returns home after wrapping up her four-day official visit to Azerbaijan for attending the 18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Baku.

Humayan Kabir, former deputy minister for Health and Family Welfare, dies of cardiac attack.

The High Court issues a rule asking the government to explain in four-week why it should not be directed to take necessary steps to set up breast feeding corners and baby care corners at all work places, shopping malls, airports, bus stops and railway stations across the country.

An alleged robber has been killed in a “gunfight” with police in Narayanganj’s Araihazar upazila.

After visiting Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar that hosted over 1.1 million forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, New York State Senators are planning to ask their federal colleagues to put more efforts in ensuring sustainable repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh.

The admission test results of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) for the 2019-20 academic session has been published with 1,650 candidates primarily selected or kept in waiting list.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reissued a strong warning against the wrongdoers, saying that law will take its own course against those who will commit crimes.

The government’s Old Age Allowance card was finally handed over to 120-year-old Chan Banu in Dalbuganj union of Kalapara upazila on October 23.

Cultivation of early variety bean has helped Abu Taleb of Dakkhin Dhumaitari village in Sundarganj upazila to overcome poverty as the item sell for much higher prices than the ones grown during the usual season.

Two probe committees have been formed to investigate the accusations, made by a freedom fighter at his deathbed, against the Dinajpur deputy commissioner’s office.

Two housewives were murdered allegedly by their husbands over family feuds in Mymensingh and Moulvibazar on Friday while another was found dead in Manikganj yesterday.

Occupying a portion of Andulia Government Primary School’s land in Jashore Sadar upazila, local Jubo League men allegedly constructed a clubhouse.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returns home on Sunday, wrapping up her four-day official visit to Azerbaijan.

MA Hakim and Imdadul Haque led panel are elected as president and general secretary in the biennial election of Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh respectively.