Twelve people have been sentenced to life term imprisonment in cases for murder and causing serious injuries in Kishoreganj, Mymensingh and Dinajpur.

The ‘central drain’ in Tangail municipality, now clogged with various waste materials including polythene, poses serious health hazards for the townspeople.

Rights and Sight for Children (RSC), implementing partner of Distressed Children & Infants International (DCI), in partnership with Ashraful & Nasren Islam Memorial Fund (ANIMF), yesterday organised a spelling competition in Bauphal upazila of Patuakhali.

Petbhata village in Rangpur is now known as Oushodhi Gram (village of herbs) as hundreds of families there are gaining solvency by planting herbs.

Evening arrives on the crest of waves at Shubho Sandhya beach as the jhau trees planted along the shore whispers melodies to the breeze.

Over a month into his abduction, police are yet to rescue a schoolboy in Manikganj Sadar upazila.

Awami League candidate Rezaul Karim Razu withdraws his candidature from the by-election to Rangpur-3 parliamentary constituency scheduled to be held on October 5.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen seeks support from UK parliamentarians to ensure a safe and sustainable return of Rohingyas to their homeland in Northern Rakhine State of Myanmar.

Five policemen were arrested with yaba tablets at a police barrack in Dhaka’s Uttara area, police say.

Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start open market sales (OMS) of onion tomorrow in its bid to curb spiralling prices of the essential cooking ingredient, an official says.

The High Court directs for conducting a judicial inquiry into the allegation against Officer-in-Charge of Rajshahi’s Puthia Police Station Shakil Uddin Ahammed of manipulating the first information report (FIR) of a murder case.

Inspector General of Prisons Brig Gen AKM Mostafa Kamal Pasha says there are only nine doctors against 141 posts at jails across the country.

Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of The Daily Star, and Naem Nizam, editor of Bangladesh Protidin, are elected as new president and general secretary of Shampadak Parishad (Editors’ Council) respectively.

A student of Dhaka’s Banophool Adibashi Green Heart College is injured after jumping off a building roof today as his teacher allegedly hurled abusive words at him for not being successful in the examination.

Students of different educational institutions including Dhaka University form a human chain on the DU campus demanding immediate removal of the vice chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has asked the BRTC chairman to investigate the purchase of “defective” buses from India.

The Indian Coast Guard chief is paying a visit to Bangladesh from September 15, strengthening defence cooperation between the two countries.

Some 175 Bangladeshi workers return home from Saudi Arabia amid a crackdown on undocumented workers there.

A suspected robber was killed in an alleged gunfight with police at Sadar upazila of Rajbari.

Around one lakh people of four unions under Patuakhali Sadar upazila are badly suffering as at least 14-km area of the 25-km road from Patuakhali Sadar upazila office to Khatashia Bazar in Borobighai union remains virtually unusable due to lack of renovation.