People are thronging a puja mandap to see an idol of Durga at Syarpur in Moulvibazar for its extra ordinary idea.

The swelling Padma has flooded vast areas of Rajshahi, Pabna and Chapainawabganj following onrush of water from the river’s Indian upstream and incessant rain for the last couple of days.

Dhaka dwellers have been suffering after just two hours of rain submerged many thoroughfares in the capital. The city received a total of 45.2mm rain from 12:00pm to 2:15pm.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have seized Tk 1.05 crore and bottles of liquor during a raid at Banani house and Gulshan office of online casino businessman Salim Prodhan.

The underprivileged people of Borangile village in Sirajganj’s Chauhali upazila can sleep a little better at night, knowing that if they are ever unable to find work as day labourers the next day, they can easily borrow some rice from the community food bank.

Rafi Hossain: Fans regard you as a great film hero, and they expect to see you in many films. Sadly, you don’t do projects frequently. Why is that?

Forest Department is felling some 1,221 fully-grown trees in the name of widening two roads in Dhaka’s Dhamrai, although any road expansion project is yet to be taken.

What are your expectations from ‘Shaap Ludo’? Shuvoo: We started the promotional campaigns for the film a while ago. We hope that the audience appreciates our hard work and come to watch the film in theatres from today.

Patches of yellow fields on the green hills of Rangamati have brought smiles to the farmers of the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) district as they expect a better yield of jhum paddy this year.

Local people in Bogura's Shahjanpur upazila discover huge amounts of "discarded'' notes of Bangladesh Bank in a waterbody. They first noticed it after the notes started to wash up on the banks of the waterbody in Chandai village on Sunday.

Students demonstrating for the resignation of the vice chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University (BSMRSTU) in Gopalganj were attacked yesterday.

Rafi Hossain: Where do you all think our television and film industry is headed?

The light-green three-storied building named ‘Baishakhi’ with a pond to its right and a Shaheed Minar in the spacious ground, in front, might look like a wealthy person’s dwelling.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detain 142 people from a "casino" in Dhaka’s Fakirerpool area.

When farmers were looking forward to some earnings by fishing, the Hakaluki haor in Moulvibazar has turned into a contaminated wetland with dead fish floating ashore.

Over 100 birds of different species, including pigeons and sparrows, are poisoned to death allegedly by a rice mill owner in Aponpara area of Lalmonirhat town.

Rafi Hossain: Rafiqun Nabi sir, can you share your thoughts on the current state of art culture in our country?

Tisha: The expectations are rather high, because if the story is intriguing, it is meant to attract the audience to the cinemas. Besides, the stellar cast gave their very best in this film, making it a true work of art.

Believe it or not, a dilapidated concrete bridge, ‘protected’ with bamboo poles for around three years, serves as the lone means for people of at least 12 villages in Narail Sadar upazila.

People from different districts attended the festival and performed their rituals. On the opening night, the community people, led by the chief, prayed under the ‘Holy Karam’ tree.