Brazil says it was ready to accept foreign aid to help fight fires in the Amazon but only if it could determine how it was spent, in an apparent attempt to smooth over a public spat between the Brazilian and French presidents.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) officials arrest four suspected militants from Dakkhin Khan area of Dhaka.

The Bangladesh Chhatra League expels three of its Barishal unit leaders for their alleged involvement in vandalism and obstruction of government work.

Explosions hit two police checkpoints in the Gaza Strip, killing three officers and wounding several other Palestinians, the Hamas-run interior ministry says, declaring a state of emergency after the blasts.

Two people die after being diagnosed with dengue in Khulna and Mymensingh.

Law Minister Anisul Huq says a commission will be formed soon to identify and ensure the punishment of the masterminds behind the assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members.

The schedule for the by-polls to Rangpur-3 constituency that fell vacant following death of Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad will be announced on September 1.

Former secretary Md Sirazul Islam has been appointed as executive chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA).

Bangladesh needs to have deeper political engagement with Myanmar as well as allies of both the countries – China, Japan and India – for sustainable solution to Rohingya crisis, experts and diplomats say.

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A woman loses one of her legs after a bus ploughed through a footpath in Dhaka’s Bangla Motor area.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says BNP founder Ziaur Rahman was the mastermind behind the killings of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members.

The 43rd death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam has been observed in a befitting manner.

The High Court admits for hearing an appeal filed by former officer-in-charge (OC) of Sonagazi Police Station Moazzem Hossain seeking bail in a case filed on charges of recording a statement of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi and circulating the video clip on social media.

A tribunal in Narayanganj sentences life term imprisonment to four persons for raping a teenage girl in 2010.

Bangladesh and Japan sign a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on accepting specified skilled workers by Japan from Bangladesh.

The High Court directs Department of Environment to issue environmental clearance certificate to Thengamara Mahila Sabuj Sangha (TMSS) LPG Limited for establishing LPG bottling plant in Mongla near the Sundarbans.

Foreign Minister Dr AKM Abdul Momen said the present government with its sincere efforts has successfully reduced the poverty rate by 50 percent in the last 10 years.

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Indian authorities may soon implement a visa with a fare that varies according to the tourist seasons, according to reports by several outlets.