Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained an Indian national from the border area in Panchagarh Sadar on charge of trespassing into Bangladesh territory yesterday.

A two-year-old, who sustained burn injuries with his parents in a fire at Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area on Saturday, died at a hospital early today.

The Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia yesterday suspended a staffer after police arrested him with 89 yaba pills near the campus on May 24.

At least six activists of ruling Awami League (AL) sustained bullet wounds in a reported factional clash in Noakhali’s Companyganj upazila this evening.

A former joint director of Bangladesh Rural Development Board died this evening, hours after he was in a road accident in Dhaka’s Mirpur area.

Mr Raju Sarker once had dreams. Work hard and save enough to open his own business and give his wife and son a comfortable life.

Former police superintendent Babul Akter, who is under arrest in a case filed over his wife Mitu’s murder, has been sent to Feni district jail today.

About 500 metres of Patuakhali’s Kuakata beach, the lone tourist attraction of the district, was washed away due to tidal surge caused by recent Cyclone Yaas.

Two people were killed in a head-on collision between a CNG-run autorickshaw and a motorcycle in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj district on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway today.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has lauded the role of Bangladeshi peacekeepers as “ambassadors of peace”, saying they are helping brand the country abroad as a peace-loving nation.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh has to maintain friendship with all as the government wants to develop the country into a prosperous one.

Expatriates’ welfare ministry has decided to provide Tk 20,000-25,000 to each Saudi Arabia-bound migrant worker for hotel booking (for institutional quarantine) -- from the Wage Earners Welfare Fund -- to reduce their huge financial burden.

Four mild earthquakes jolted Sylhet today, creating panic among people in the district.

Three of a family, including a child, sustained burn injuries in a fire at their tin-shed house in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area early today.

India yesterday invited Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan, currently residing in five Indian states to apply for Indian citizenship.

Bangladeshi migrant workers in crisis-hit Lebanon are going to get free Covid-19 vaccines on Saturday under a national campaign launched by the Middle East country.

The University Grants Commission has allowed all universities to take in-person examinations for undergraduate and master’s degrees.

Deputy Minister for Water Resources AKM Enamul Hoque Shameem today said the government has started repair works, including immediate rehabilitation, in the country’s coastal areas affected by Cyclone Yaas.

Bangladeshi expatriates who returned from Malaysia and have been stranded here for 14 months will form a human chain in front of the National Pres Club on June 1 to demand that they be allowed to go back to their workplaces.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has developed fever last night, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today.