Seven people, including a couple, were killed in separate incidents of lightning strikes in different upazilas of Faridpur, Patuakhali and Bogura yesterday.

A physically challenged by birth, Md Afzal Hosain of Pattai village in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila has set a laudable example of self-reliance and benevolent service through determination and hard work.

There are nearly 4,000 various types of trucks and mini-trucks in Tangail, but the district lacks a terminal where the heavy vehicles can park and their drivers and workers, around 20,000 in total, can rest between trips.

Aman cultivation in the ongoing sowing season is badly hampered amid insufficient rain in the district as farmers are reluctant to use saline water for irrigation.

Education of indigenous children enrolled with 106 No Satgaon Cha Bagan Chankhala Government Primary School in ​​Srimangal upazila of Moulvibazar is hampered as their classes are held in an awfully dilapidated bamboo and straw made house.

Three children drowned in Netrakona and Kishoreganj in the last two days.

A parliamentary body asks the foreign ministry to find out whether any non-government organisation is misleading Rohingya refugees not to return to their country from Bangladesh.

Sexual violence committed by Myanmar troops against Rohingya women and girls in 2017 was an indication of the military's genocidal intent to destroy the mainly Muslim ethnic minority, United Nations investigators concluded in a report release.

Three accused in connection with two separate rape cases have been arrested in Barishal, police have said.

The body of an imam is found inside a mosque in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj.

At least seven people are killed and three others injured in separate incidents of lightning strike in Faridpur, Bogura and Manikganj.

A Barguna court sets September 3 for submission of charge sheet in Rifat Sharif murder case. Senior Judicial Magistrate Gazi Sirajul Islam fixed the new date of charge sheet submission when police sought more time today, our Patuakhali correspondent reports.

A section of law enforcement agency members have been playing such a role that it makes them appear to be violators of law rather than its protector, Executive Director of Transparency International Bangladesh Dr Iftekharuzzaman.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister says they are considering to form a taskforce to curb road accidents and bring discipline in the transport sector.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurates ‘Gaangchil’, the third Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, setting up a new milestone for the national flag carrier.

At least three people are killed and 15 others injured in a road accident on the Thakurgaon-Panchagarh highway in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila.

Two suspected Rohingya drug peddlers are killed in a reported gunfight with members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Hoaikong Urubunia Katakhal in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila.

A schoolgirl’s mother filed a rape case on Sunday after finding out that her daughter was 25 weeks pregnant.

A joint mobile court of Brahmanbaria district administration and Department of Environment on Tuesday demolished a market that was built encroaching on a large pond on Court Road in the town.

The recent flood badly hampered academic activities in 43 institutions of Gaibandha’s Saghata upazila.