Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is detained after she is barred from visiting the victims of a firing incident in a village in Uttar Pradesh.

The United States reiterates that they will stand strong on resolving the Rohingya issue and also hold the perpetrators in Myanmar accountable for committing the crimes of atrocities against Rohingyas.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has denied Friday that Iran had lost a drone in the Strait of Hormuz after the United States said that a US Navy ship had "destroyed" an Iranian drone.

A man surrenders to the local police after killing his wife in Rajshahi Sadar.

Rail communication of Sylhet with Dhaka and Chattogram has been restored after nearly six hours of disruption following the derailment of a train near Kulaura Railway Station in Moulvibazar.

A Barguna court has placed Rishan Farazi, a key suspect in Rifat murder case, on a five-day remand.

The 7th death anniversary of celebrated playwright, writer and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed is being observed.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) cancels leave of all officials of its waste and health management departments in a bid to control the spread of dengue, chikungunya and other similar diseases in the city.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reaches London on an official visit to the United Kingdom.

Flood situation in Bogura and Kurigram has improved as the water levels of different rivers started to go down.

A man suspected of torching an animation studio in western Japan shouted that he had been plagiarised and appeared to have planned the attack, media says after a blaze that killed 33 people in Japan's worst mass killing in two decades.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the government officials to continue drives against corruption and drugs as well as design development projects in a planned way.

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BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir warns the government would not be spared if it does not ensure immediate release of the party’s Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail.

Twelve people are killed and more than 80 wounded when Taliban fighters detonated two car bombs at a gate outside police headquarters in the Afghan city of Kandahar, police and medical officials and the Taliban said.

A youth is beaten to death by a mob after he was found carrying a child’s severed head in a bag in Netrakona town.

Ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma river is disrupted due to its water level rising.

Outgoing Chinese Ambassador Zhang Zuo says Beijing wants implementation of the Bangladesh-Myanmar agreement on Rohingya repatriation.

The High Court issued an injunction restraining two officials of the drug administration from continuing jobs for their negligence in dealing with a case filed for manufacturing toxic paracetamol that killed 28 children in 2009.

President Abdul Hamid calls upon the guardians to inspire their children to engage in cultural practices alongside their academic activities.