A half-century old local market of dinghy (small boat) in Manikganj has garnered popularity for the quality of boats sold there, with buyers coming from across the country.

The combined pass rate of this year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations under 10 education boards rise by 7.29 percentage points to 73.93 per cent from last year's 66.64 per cent.

The flood situation in Lalmonirhat improved slightly after water levels of Teesta and Dharla Rivers both decreased while the situation has worsened in Kurigram further.

The second namaz-e-janaza of Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has been held at the South Plaza of Jatiya Sangsad in Dhaka.

Heavy rain and onrush water from upstream for last couple of days have worsened flood situation in Lalmonirhat and inundated many areas in Sirajganj and Gaibandha.

Rumana Rashid Ishita rose to fame with her award-winning performances in ‘Notun Kuri’, a talent hunt reality show for child artists aired on ‘Bangladesh Television’.

Monaram Das, lone son of martyred Freedom Fighter Bocharam Das, and his family of five members are crying for livelihood, living in a small house of government’s Sonapukur Abasan at Daikhowa village of Lalmonirhat’s Hatibandha.

The water level of Jamuna is rising due to heavy flow from the hill. As a result, erosion started in Shibalaya upazilla of Manikganj.

Visually impaired job seekers go on an indefinite hunger strike demanding special recruitment at government, autonomous, semi-autonomous offices and Tk 10,000 allowance until they secure jobs after graduation.

The ongoing month-long Brikkho Mela (Tree Fair) in Dhaka is receiving a good response from gardening enthusiasts in the capital.

Rickshaw-pullers have withdrawn their blockade from different roads in Dhaka after getting assurance from the law enforcers that the ban on rickshaws on three city streets will be lifted soon.

The father of seven-year-old Saima, who was raped and murdered in Wari of Dhaka on Friday, appeals to the parents to stay alert so that their daughters do not fall prey to brutality like his daughter.

Detectives claimed to have arrested the prime suspect in a case filed over the rape and murder of seven-year-old Samia Afrin Saima in Wari of Dhaka on Friday.

Around 250 to 300 tea workers of at least 90 indigenous families continued their strike for the second consecutive day yesterday, demanding most basic needs such as safe drinking water, sanitary toilet facilities and schooling for their children at Ayeshabagh Tea Garden in Moulvibazar’s Barlekha upazila.

A research team, for the first time in Bangladesh, is studying native snake species aim-ing at mass-scale production of effective antivenom for local patients.

An entire village in Natore is busy weaving hand fans using palm leaves locally known as ‘Tal Pakha’. The villagers are either weaving the hand fans or painting the finished products.

Zakir Hossain Shaon used to do the dishes at the Holey Artisan Café in the capital's Gulshan where the country’s worst terrorist attack took place in 2016.

Law enforcers along with friends and family members today paid homage to the victims of the Holey Artisan attack by laying floral wreaths on the then Holey Artisan bakery premises marking the third anniversary of the brutal attack.

A Pabna court has sent 30 BNP leaders and activists to jail after rejecting their bail prayers in a case filed for attacking Sheikh Hasina, the then opposition leader and now prime minister, in 1994.

Watch Shayan Chowdhury Arnob and Rafiath Rashid Mithila talk about their recent collaboration in the making of a new music video titled ‘Ki Hole Ki Hoto’.