Dhaka Medical College Hospital authorities hope that the newborn from Magura, who was hit with bullet in her mother's womb, will survive.

For two months of rainy season every year, life comes to a standstill for thousands of people living in the Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra dam area due to waterlogging. People here either remain confined to their homes –or are forced to leave their homes temporarily to stay at their relatives’ homes far away where life is normal.

Three members of a family were burnt in a fire at a house in Jurain area of Dhaka early today.

Detectives claimed arrested of nine people in connection with HSC and Polytechnic examination question paper leak from Dhaka and Jessore.

A Dhaka court set August 10 for further hearing on two graft cases against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

A private car catches fire due to some mechanical glitches at Dhanmondi in Dhaka this evening.

Muggers shot a student and snatched away Tk 9,000 at Kalabagan in Dhaka.

A seven-year old girl is allegedly raped by a youth at Rayerbazar in Dhaka.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized 12.5 kilograms of gold in Dhaka’s Khilgaon area and detained five people in this connection.

Traffic gridlock on airport road in Uttara area became acute due to heavy rain and pressure of the Dhaka-bound vehicles from different adjoining districts.

Expressing frustration over Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam’s remark that the next election will be held under the ruling party, BNP reiterated its call for holding dialogue over the frame work of a polls-time neutral government.

The retirement age for teachers at Jahangirnagar University (JU) is lowered from 67 years to 65 years.

A female worker is gang-raped allegedly by one of her colleagues and his two cohorts in Uttara area of Dhaka.

Seven people are detained in Cox’s Bazar and Dhaka for their alleged involvement in human trafficking.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directed the deputy commissioners of all districts to curb human trafficking and drug trading in the country.

A billboard collapses after the iron pillar carrying it uprooted this afternoon blocking one side of the road in front of Sonali Bank in Motijheel area of Dhaka.

A small scale fire breaks out at Bangladesh Bank in Dhaka’s Motijheel this afternoon, however, no major losses or casualties were incurred.

A three-day annual conference of the deputy commissioners of the districts begins July 28 in Dhaka with problems, prospects and challenges they face.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia says the parliamentary polls must be held under a neutral administration as fair elections are not possible under Awami League government.

Vehicular movement on the first Buriganga bridge at Keraniganj resumes after six and a half hours of blockade by transport workers protesting “toll hike”.