Surprise visit to Dhaleshwari finds wheat, maize-laden lighter vessels anchored for up to 18 days

Police say autopsy to confirm whether 16-year-old girl was sexually assaulted before murder

'Nura planned to cross border through Dinajpur district'

Satkhira was jolted by a sudden earthquake yesterday at 1:52pm.

Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday said raising taxes is crucial to pull the country out of the current economic downturn.

Of the 36 brick kilns operating across nine upazilas in Netrakona, 32 have been identified as illegal, according to the Department of Environment (DoE).

Critical burn patients in the port city are being forced to travel over 250km to Dhaka for life-saving treatment due to a severe lack of facilities in Chattogram.

The solemnity of Juma prayers gave way to smiles and laughter as Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday paused to spend warm, unhurried moments with children and adolescents outside a mosque at Dhaka’s Banani.

There had been growing concerns surrounding the fair due to last-minute complications.

In Musulliyabad village under Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali, the house of a schoolteacher has been declared a bird haven.

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is set to inaugurate the Family Card programme in Bogura Sadar upazila on March 10, Social Welfare and Women and Children Affairs Minister Dr AZM Zahid Hossain said yesterday.

Jamaat-e-Islami has expressed deep concern over the granting of bail to Awami League leaders arrested in connection with the July killings and the reopening of party offices despite a ban on its activities.

Bangladesh has unequivocally condemned the recent Israeli legislation on land purchase, which aims at unlawfully annexing the occupied Palestinian territory.

The United Nations Committee for Development Policy (UN CDP) has discussed Bangladesh’s request to defer its graduation from the least developed country (LDC) category by three years during its latest plenary session.

LGRD Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the government is working to make state institutions, long rendered ineffective, functional and properly institutionalised once again.

Saudi Arabia expects Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to visit the Kingdom at a mutually convenient time soon and has expressed readiness to work with Bangladesh on opportunities under Saudi Vision 2030.

Prices of several essential items have fallen in the second week of Ramadan, bringing some relief to consumers in Dhaka. However, traders say the sharp decline is hurting producers at the farm level.

Two earthquakes within 24 hours struck the Khulna region, triggering panic in an area not typically known for seismic activity.

An acute shortage of contraceptives has hit the country as more than one-third of the 487 upazilas have run out of all types of government-supplied contraceptives, raising fears of a spike in unwanted or unplanned pregnancies.

A man was beaten to death and his brother injured allegedly by their neighbours following a dispute over setting up a clothesline in Faridpur yesterday morning.