Four-year old Tasfia Jahan Munira’s countenance is just like any other child. Only when someone looks at her body, the disease, afflicting the little girl in Chapainawabganj’s Nachole upazila’s Godown para, jars the mind.

The ongoing hilsa season sees poor netting of the popular fish in the coastal waters, much to the frustration of fishermen and traders of Bagerhat’s KB Ghat.

Vast tract of Aman fields in the district are being irrigated under Teesta Irrigation Project for the last three weeks, bringing smile to farmers facing problem in Aman transplanting due to scanty rain here.

After 160 years of ‘Nil Bidroho’, the iconic peasant movement over cultivation of one of the original sources of blue dye--Indigo, many growers in Rangpur are now making a fortune by planting that very plant.

Five senior police officials have been promoted to the post of Additional Inspector General of Police.

The Bangladesh Flag Vessel (Protection) Bill, 2019 is placed in the parliament with a provision for the local vessels to carry 50 percent cargos from the existing 40 percent.

Three persons are detained in Narayanganj for making fake birth certificates of Rohingyas so that the refugees can obtain Bangladeshi passports, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) said.

Dhaka stocks continue to bleed to its two and half years’ low today due to the confidence crisis among the investors.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tells parliament that she expects a positive response from India over various disputed issues including Teesta water-sharing agreement before her visit to the neighbouring country in early October.

The High Court issues a rule asking the government to explain in four weeks why it should not be directed to purchase paddy and rice directly from the farmers in line with the Domestic Food Grain Procurement Policy 2017.

An alleged drug peddler is killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Narayanganj.

A gang of robbers kill a man and take gold jewellery and money from his residence in West Lakshmipur village in Lakshmipur.

The High Court says it is waiting to see what steps the government takes over the allegation of “forced marriage” of a rape victim with the rapist by the police in Pabna.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says Bangladesh is now in talks with its neighbouring countries to import electricity to meet its growing demand.

A rickshaw-puller was held in Bogura’s Dhunat upazila on charge of raping four kids – two first graders and two third graders.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurates the commercial operation of the Community Bank Bangladesh Limited fulfilling the long cherished demand of police.

A Union Parishad member is beaten to death by miscreants in Pangsha upazila of Rajbari.

Four persons infected with dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, have died in four districts including Dhaka.

A first-grader is allegedly raped in Dhamrai area of Dhaka.

Three children drown in two villages of Sadar and Kalapara upazilas in Patuakhali.