Four members of a family died after two live wires fell on their house in Narayanganj's Rupganj upazila yesterday.

After her father died, around two years ago, Rimu came to the capital from Jamalpur and started working at a readymade garment factory.

The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education yesterday asked all secondary schools and colleges to complete preparations for reopening.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claimed to have detained two members of the banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Narayanganj's Sonargaon upazila.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has so far demolished over 400 structures, most of them shops, during an eviction drive in Dhaka’s Mirpur area.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members detained four suspected international hundi traders along with US $ 190,000 from Jashore town today.

Planning Minister MA Mannan has expressed dissatisfaction over the slow pace of implementation of the ongoing projects in Barisal division and the many excuses made by project directors.

Indian farmers on Friday rejected an offer by the government to defer three farm reform laws for one-and-half years, warning they would step up protests as they seek a repeal of the laws and a guarantee on minimum crop prices.

The Indian government said it would undertake contractual supplies of Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh and five other countries in phases.

A Dhaka court today placed house help Rekha Akter and her husband Farhad Ershad, each on eight-day remand in a case lodged for brutally torturing an elderly woman at her house.

Two children were among three people who were killed when a gas cylinder used for inflating balloons exploded in a school playground at Matarbari under Moheshkhali upazila in Cox’s Bazar this morning.

Customs intelligence officials have arrested one person with 62 gold bars weighing 7.29 kilogrammes worth Tk 5 crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Ekramul Karim Chowdhury, Awami League lawmaker from Noakhali-4 (Sadar-Subarnachar Upazila) constituency has claimed AL General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader belongs to a "family of razakars".

Myanmar is committed to begin the repatriation of Rohingyas as per the bilateral agreement signed with Bangladesh in 2017, said Myanmar's International Cooperation Affairs Minister Kyaw Tin in a letter to Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen.

A Rohingya man suspected to be a yaba trader was killed in an alleged gunfight with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Naikhyangchhari upazila of Bandarban early today.

At least five mine workers were killed in southern India when their trucks carrying blasting material exploded, officials said today. Local media said the toll could be higher.

Fifteen people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A case has been filed against a youth for allegedly raping a seven-year-old child in Bagerhat.

Two students of Khulna University, who have been on hunger strike since Tuesday evening, demanding the withdrawal of their suspension order, fell ill this morning.

Time to submit wealth statements for bank directors, managing directors, employees of two subordinate stages under them and their families has been extended by one and a half months.