The suspension of in-person classes at Dhaka University (DU) has been extended till February 21.

A Rab team arrested a 55-year-old man yesterday for raping a minor in Joypurhat’s Khetlal upazila.

When it comes to growing pineapples, Rangamati is on the frontlines of the race. Due to the region’s favourable weather, thousands of tonnes of pineapple is produced here alone.

It’s a curious term. When you hear of a “band party”, you know it’s different from a musical band, although a band party accomplishes the same function: to provide entertainment through music.

To regulate the country’s air quality and reduce air pollution, the government should enact the “Clean Air Act” as soon as possible, after a recent study found air pollution to be a massive health crisis, said speakers in a webinar.

Police yesterday detained four labourers as they cut down a tree at Parir Pahar, popularly known as Court Building.

After damaging two canals by building dams and extracting their sands, a local syndicate linked to the ruling party is now tearing apart a wildlife sanctuary by scooping out sand from it and topsoil from adjacent arable land in Dulahazara union of Chakaria upazila in Cox’s Bazar.

The Covid-19 positivity rate in the port city has been showing a downward trend for four consecutive days now.

An utter tragedy struck 13 years ago. Still only a ninth-grader, Rajshahi’s Sheuli Akter was married off owing to her family’s unimaginable struggle with poverty.

The Water Development Board has restarted dredging the Ichhamati river in Pabna, following a six-month halt.

The government is preparing a roadmap to boost rice production within two years to meet the increasing demand, said Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque on Thursday.

Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan, who was recently elevated to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, died of Covid-19 yesterday.

UK High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson said Bangladesh has become a role model of positive transformation, while continuing to tackle political and governance challenges as a vibrant, independent nation.

Birders may go through many phases in their birding life.

Those who are regular listeners of contemporary Bangla music are familiar with a song that talks about roaming around the streets of the city in search of a cup of tea that comes in cheap.

A worker died from electrocution while working in a building in the city’s Azimpur area yesterday.

A seven-year-old child has been fighting for his life at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) for the last three days. His parents and relatives said this is a result of “wrong treatment” at a private hospital.

Students of fine arts at Rajshahi University (RU) have started a three-day-long protest, showcasing their artworks yesterday near the accident spot where Mahmud Habib Himel, a student of the same faculty, was crushed to death.

Police will soon be recruiting 4,000 constables through the overhauled recruitment procedure.

This was supposed to be their time of the year. There’s Pahela Falgun, then there’s Valentine’s Day, both occasions where people buy flowers to give to their loved ones.