Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman left Dhaka for Qatar yesterday on an official visit.

One or two depressions may intensify into cyclones this month, while multiple heatwaves and nor’westers are also likely to hit the country, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said in its monthly outlook issued yesterday.

A man died and another fell ill after they climbed down into a septic tank to clean it in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila yesterday.

Journalists are being named in murder cases filed over the July-August movement, but the government has no tools to put a stop to this, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said at an event marking World Press Freedom Day yesterday.

Four government bodies will coordinate efforts to ease severe traffic congestion in the northern part of the capital, said Dhaka North City Corporation Administrator Mohammad Azaz during a field visit yesterday.

New erosion has been reported in the Padma Bridge project area, putting the main protection embankment at Naowdoba in Shariatpur’s Jajira end at risk.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has carried out a special mosquito control and cleanliness drive, deploying a team of 500 mosquito control and sanitation workers.

The election must not be delayed beyond April next year, said Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman yesterday.

The task force investigating the 2012 murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi in its report submitted to the High Court last month said it required more time to complete the probe as the results of the DNA samples collected from the scene were inconclusive.

Consensus commission’s talks with political parties have yielded consensus on some key issues

Hefazat-e-Islam yesterday announced a 12-point declaration, demanding the dissolution of the Women’s Affairs Reform Commission and cancellation of its report, which the platform says is “anti-Quran”.

BNP leaders are making elaborate preparations to provide a warm welcome to party chief Khaleda Zia, who is expected to return home on Tuesday after nearly four months of medical treatment in London.

On November 3, 1971, while the nation was fighting for independence, another battle took place at the Guptakhali canal in Chattogram. A nearby fire station was informed that a fire had broken out on an oil tanker carrying 1,000 tonnes of kerosene and 30 tonnes of gasoline.

The fire broke out around 8:25pm

The deceased, Mohammad Belal Hossain, 50, was a resident of Charbosu Badamtoli area in Lakshmipur district

Firefighters recovered the body from the canal

The arrestee was sent to jail after being produced in court today

An unnatural death case has been filed over the incident

The executive magistrate and upazila nirbahi officer of Patgram upazila came under attack and was harrassed today while conducting a drive to evict illegal structures on both sides of the road in Lalmonirhat..The victim is UNO Jillur Rahman, confirmed Patgram Police Station Officer-in-Char

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