At least 16 people have been killed and 25 injured as an intercity train crashes into another train in Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria.

The two-day Kathin Chibardan, the major religious festival of Buddhists community is held at the country’s largest Buddhist temple in Rangamati recently where thousands of devotees from different parts of the country take part.

Very severe cyclonic storm “Bulbul” has weakened into a severe one and started crossing coastal areas of Khulna division in Bangladesh amid low tide, according to Met office.

Rafi Hossain: Welcome to Uncensored with Rafi Hossain. Today, we’re here with Mehzabien Chowdhury. Thank you for giving us your time.

Students of Jahangirnagar University, who have been continuing their anti-VC demonstration on the campus, bring out a procession from in front of the registrar building.

Santals who were evicted from a sugarcane farm in Gaibandha three years ago are yet to get justice for the killing of three men from their community or compensation for the loss of their livelihood.

Chhatra League men yesterday assaulted teachers and students who had kept Jahangirnagar University Vice-chancellor Prof Farzana Islam confined to her residence demanding her resignation over corruption allegations.

Ten-year-old Iftakar Ahmed Wazid is still missing after a three-storey building collapsed in Narayanganj on Sunday afternoon.

During an exam for second semester students in September, the teachers of Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute noticed, to their astonishment, that some of the students were whiling away the hours.

Delhi’s air pollution has left several Bangladesh players with sore throats and itchy eyes but coach Russell Domingo dismissed any health concerns and said they were focused on giving a good account of themselves in Sunday’s Twenty20 match against India.

The Bangladesh national cricket team yesterday braved the severe air pollution in New Delhi for nearly four hours to train ahead of the first of a three-match T20I series against the hosts, to be held on Sunday at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium.

At least five children are killed and seven others injured critically as a gas cylinder, used for inflating balloons, exploded near a school in Rupnagar Residential area of Dhaka.

A section of students of Pabna University of Science and Technology (PUST) are demonstrating to realise their one-point demand to remove the university’s vice chancellor, proctor and student advisor.

When Liyana Tripura Poppy moved to Dhaka four years ago, she must have had dreams of a better future for herself and her family. Like hundreds of thousands who come every year to the capital leaving their family, she must have toiled hard to find ground beneath her feet. With her earnings from working at a beauty parlour, she was supporting her brother’s education.

Bangladesh cricket was rocked to its foundations last evening when the International Cricket Council (ICC) informed that it had banned Shakib Al Hasan from all forms of cricket for two years for not informing the ICC’s anti-corruption unit (ACU) of three separate approaches by a bookmaker seeking match information.

Any person will say that. That eight players would have to be called up, does anyone need directive about that? Why didn’t you postpone the third round of the NCL since the game is tomorrow? The thing is that everyone got confused. The players’ strike messed up our plans. We didn’t even know whether they were coming to the camp even the day before.

The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) seizes a huge quantity of illegal liquor and casino equipment from the house of Aziz Mohammad Bhai, an industrialist and film producer, in Gulshan-2 of Dhaka.

Rafi Hossain: Minar, for how long have you been involved in the music industry?

It is called “body contract”, under which you do not need to pay a dime before reaching your destination. But as soon as you are there, your family members have to make the payment.

The story is about a hospital in Manikganj which is facing numerous problems including shortage of manpower.