A female garment worker escaped an abduction attempt in the town on Monday night, thanks to the prompt action by the district superintendent of police (SP).

A woman was killed allegedly by her drug addict husband in Khorki Kolabagan area of Jessore town on Sunday night. The deceased is

Japan expresses concern over the recent violence during campaigning for the upcoming Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation elections.

Bhanga upazila administration imposes Section 144 at Gharua govt. Primary school premises in Gharua union under Bhanga upazila in Faridpur.

Although many retailers paid into the Rana Plaza compensation fund, survivors of one the biggest workplace disaster have reportedly not received adequate compensation two years into the incident according to a HRW report.

A schoolboy was shot dead by criminals on Khosalpur border in Moheshpur upazila early yesterday, reports our correspondent.

Mollah Palash, who was killed by robbers inside Commerce Bank in Ashulia on Tuesday, was laid to rest at Lakkhandia village in Sailakupa upazila of Jhenidah on Wednesday night.

Frequent power outage is hampering rock production at Madhyapara Granite Mining Company Ltd (MGMCL) in the district.

Police are yet to arrest the prime accused in two rape cases in Phulpur and Iswarganj upazilas of the district.

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) Vice-Chancellor Prof Aminul Haque Bhuiyan will go on a two-month leave amid the ongoing protest at the university in demand of his resignation.

Mung bean farmers in the district are happy with bumper yield and good market price of the popular food crop this season.

A court here yesterday sentenced a youth to death and two other to life imprisonment for throwing acid on a schoolgirl in 2012.

Police rescued a schoolgirl of the district from Kaliakoir area in Gazipur district on Tuesday, over two months after her abduction.

State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says militant groups might have been involved in the Savar heist but the motive was unclear.

The High Court starts a hearing on a seven-year-old writ petition challenging the legality of Niko corruption case filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

Awami League-backed mayoral candidate in the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) AJM Nasir Uddin unveils 36-point manifesto with promises to upgrade it as a green megacity.

Garment workers in Bangladesh face poor working conditions and anti-union tactics by employers including assaults on union organisers, Human Rights Watch says.

Sans any unusual activity anywhere in the country, it was difficult to realise that a hartal sponsored by the BNP-led 20-party alliance is underway.

The first resistance fight against the occupation troops in Pabna in March-April 1971 is one of many stories that makes our Liberation War glorious.

Fifty villages in the district Lalmonirhat are known as 'vegetable villages' because all the farmers in these villages specialize in vegetable farming round the year and they have been earning good returns as well.