Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia yesterday pledged to work together for global peace, development and welfare of the Muslim Ummah.

Unknown assailants yesterday hacked to death a Christian grocer in Baraigram upazila of Natore, the latest in a series of attacks on religious minorities.

Up to 17 times a day tractor driver Nabir Hossain from Kulaaghat village in Lalmonirhat sadar upazila carts a trailer-load of sand away from the Darla riverbed. “Each trailer load sells for up to Tk. 1,400 on the mainland,” he says. Like Hossain many locals earn their keep

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned to freeze the bank accounts of BNP leader and former foreign minister M Morshed Khan, his wife Nasrin Khan and son Faisal Morshed Khan with Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong.

The Election Commission has passed the buck to the society by making a ridiculous claim that "social instability is one of the major causes" for the widespread violence in the just concluded union parishad polls.

The first ever attack of wheat blast in Bangladesh cost the country a financial loss of at least Tk 1,800 crore in terms of lost yield this year.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has contacted Pakistan's former bowling coach Aaqib Javed for a possible role with the Bangladesh team, and has also approved proposals for an expanded selection setup.

A writ petition is filed seeking the High Court directives upon the government to cancel licences of 20 pharmaceuticals companies on charge of producing substandard medicines.

Militants murdered the wife of Babul Akter, a superintendent of police, to demoralise him, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says.

Unidentified miscreants stab a businessman to death in Boraigram upazila of Natore this noon.

The Supreme Court upholds the High Court order that granted bail to lawyer Shakila Farjana in two cases filed over her alleged involvement in financing a militant outfit.

Motorbike riding assailants reportedly stab and shoot dead wife of a police officer in Chittagong city, police say. Law enforcers are probing link of militants with the murder.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expresses deep shock at the death of boxing icon Muhammad Ali. She termed him as the greatest boxer of all time.

In broad daylight, a sand-laden cargo vessel hit one of the pillars of a bridge while crossing a canal in Kalaskathi of Bakerganj upazila, causing the bridge to collapse on the vessel.

The repatriation of Sonu, the “trafficked” Indian boy, hangs in the balance due to legal obligations.

Social instability and rigid stances of union parishad polls candidates were responsible for the election violence, claimed Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad yesterday.

Customs Intelligence officials at Osmani International Airport yesterday arrested a Bangladeshi-origin UK citizen for carrying 150 shotgun cartridges from England.

A female teacher in Bagatipara upazila of Natore beat up 42 girl students of her madrasa on January 31 while inquiring into a petty theft.

The Indian High Commission yesterday began a 12-day “Eid Visa Camp” to help Bangladeshis get visas with ease if they wish to travel to the neighbouring country during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr.

With hills and trees on both sides, the view of the Karnaphuli from Rangunia upazila's Lichu Bagan Mason Ghat is breathtaking. But that's where the good things end.