Sumon, a crime reporter at Agami News, was attacked while taking photos of a gathering of Awami League activists in Rayerbazar area on Dhaka city corporation election day.

Body of a five-year-old girl, who had drowned in a ditch in Dhaka’s Kadamtali area five days ago, has been recovered.

Teachers and students of Dhaka University’s linguistics department have went on a sit-in programme, demanding withdrawal of the honorary Doctor of Letters (DLitt) degree from former Pakistani autocrat ruler Ayub Khan, President Iskandar Mirza and the country’s then premier Khawaja Nazimuddin.

Children huddled in a corner huffing plastic bags is a common sight in Dhaka. Though rehabilitation efforts are needed urgently, the authorities that should be concerned only seem to be shifting the responsibility from one to other, while the children continue to suffer on the streets.

He said people did not go to polling stations as they think this government would not be changed with their votes.

A Dhaka court places a sub-inspector of Detective Branch of police on a two-day remand in connection with a robbery case.

A man and his wife die from electrocution at their rented house in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area.

Be it any occasion or a normal day, the coffee houses in Dhaka are always bustling with people.

Two eighth grade students drown in a canal at Aftabnagar in Dhaka.

A student of Dhaka’s Banophool Adibashi Green Heart College is injured after jumping off a building roof today as his teacher allegedly hurled abusive words at him for not being successful in the examination.

Many of the animals at the Bangladesh National Zoo are passing days with immense suffering. With poor medical care, scarce food and congested cages, the captive animals look so miserable and weak that seeing them is not exactly fun for all the visitors. However, the zoo, located in a sprawling 186 acres of land in Dhaka's Mirpur section, is the 4th largest in the world in terms of area. With two picturesque lakes, a museum, two camping sites, huge gardens and orchards, this zoo has the potential to be one of the best in the world.

A seven-year-old child, whose body has been found in an under-construction building at Dhaka’s Wari, was raped before murder, doctor says after autopsy.

Three persons, including two traffic constables and a community policeman, are injured in a “crude bomb blast” in Gulistan area of Dhaka.

Individuals, businesses, real-estate developers, organisations, and even government agencies have gobbled up 1,072 acres (57pc) of the 1,879-acre flood flow zones in core Dhaka city in this decade, said leading urban planners yesterday.

Dhaka ranked second worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) yesterday.

Three alleged drug peddlers were killed in separate “gunfights” with law enforcers in Dhaka and Cox’s Bazar yesterday.

A senior official of the Save the Children Bangladesh has been admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital after he was hit by a truck in the capital’s Jurain area on Saturday.

A woman was strangled and then her body set on fire by her husband in the capital's South Mugda yesterday, police said

Bhutanese Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering leaves Dhaka after wrapping up his four-day official visit that focused on exploring more connectivity and business opportunities between Dhaka and Thimphu.

Bangladesh and Bhutan yesterday agreed in principle to work on duty- and quota-free access of a number of goods of the two countries to each other's market for mutual benefits.