A mobile court yesterday awarded punishment to 14 people for illegally lifting sand near the Bangabandhu Bridge in Bhuapur upazila of Tangail.

When Farida Akhter, 65, first took up the responsibility of accompanying her granddaughter between home and school, she had no idea of the things she would gain from this otherwise tiring, five-days-a-week journey between Dhanmondi and Bailey Road.

A large number of subscribers of Airtel in Dhaka and 10 other districts faced network disruption for around 20 hours from 8:53pm Tuesday because of a technical glitch at its switches.

Fruit bagging is gaining popularity among the mango growers in the district as an effective alternative to chemical pesticides.

The Election Commission has decided to file a case against ruling Awami League lawmaker Mustafizur Rahman Chowdhury for allegedly assaulting an upazila election officer in Chittagong yesterday.

In an apparent effort to remove confusion over sending troops to the Saudi-led alliance to combat terrorism, Dhaka yesterday reiterated its position and said nothing is mandatory for 34 member states.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) directs operators to block all roaming SIMs if their customers fail to biometrically re-register their connection within seven days from the date of their arrival .

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tells parliament that the country’s law and order situation is normal and people are getting justice as her government has taken various effective steps.

A total of eighteen people are sentenced to different jail terms for using harmful chemicals in ripening bananas.

Mobile operator Airtel successfully restores its network more than 12 hours after technical glitches disrupted its operation on June 1, 2016 around midnight.

Bangladesh football team will be looking to come out with a good performance in the first-leg play-off of the Asian Cup qualifiers against hosts Tajikistan tomorrow.

The sitting of the eleventh session of the 10th parliament resumes on June 1, 2016. Finance Minister AMA Muhith is scheduled to place the national budget for the next fiscal year (2016-17) on June 2.

The government splits home ministry into two divisions, according to a letter of Ministry of Public Administration

At least 20,000 children are trapped in jihadist bastion Fallujah under siege by Iraqi forces and face shortages and forced recruitment as fighters, the UN Children's Fund says.

A Dinajpur court issues arrest warrant against BNP Senior Vice-chairman Tarique Rahman in a case filed for his derogatory remarks against Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 2014.

Bangladesh will face hosts England in the ICC Champions Trophy opener on June 1, 2017 at The Oval in the Group A encounter.

Dhaka South City Corporation has evicted 30 out of 134 illegal shops at AGB colony in the Dhaka’s Motijheel area.

Several lakh Airtel mobile subscribers are facing disruption in their network due to technical glitches at around 1,000 stations of the telecom company in Dhaka and six other districts in the country.

A special tribunal has found three brothers from Habiganj guilty of all the four charges brought against them and handed one death for war crimes. Two of his brothers have been given jail till death.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir secures bail in a case filed over the party’s anti-government road blockade in Dhaka in 2012.