A Kushtia court sent a female office assistant of Kushtia’s Daulatpur upazila sub-registrar (land) office to jail yesterday.

Police arrested a union parishad member and his two cohorts on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in beating up three youths on theft charge in Mymensingh’s Phulbaria upazila.

Bangladesh has expressed dismay over Myanmar’s slow pace verification of the Rohingya and offered the later all cooperation under three bilateral instruments to expeditiously complete the verification process.

Menopause a turbulent time for women. Hormone levels drop quickly, which causes period to slow to a stop, and some other symptoms set in. But one must consider that menopause is a natural part of life.

The country’s weather may remain dry with a partly-cloudy sky for the 24 hours starting 6:00pm yesterday, the Met office has forecasted.

The government hopes the US will lift sanctions on Rab if it is provided with accurate information, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen told parliament yesterday.

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday dismissed the 2021 Corruption Perception Index, in which Bangladesh ranked 147 out of 180, saying the report is based on wrong data.

The health directorate will soon publish an updated version of the Covid-19 clinical guideline to combat the Omicron variant of the coronavirus as it is the main reason behind the ongoing surge in cases.

The risk level related to the Omicron variant remains very high, the WHO said late Tuesday, with the numbers of new Covid-19 cases hitting another record high last week.

Four female workers of Uttara EPZ died when a train hit a battery-run three-wheeler in Nilphamari Sadar upazila yesterday, while five people were killed as a bus rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Bogura’s Sherpur.

The move to bring money launderers to book is not making any headway as the Anti-Corruption Commission and different government agencies have failed to submit information on the offenders, their deposits in overseas banks, and properties abroad before the High Court despite its orders to do so.

Police high-ups yesterday started discussing with their chief a list of over 100 demands, including a replacement of long-barrel firearms with short arms for on-duty policemen, and the establishment of an independent cyber unit and a cyber and IT training academy to cope with rising cybercrimes.

A schoolgirl was raped allegedly by two men in Lalmonirhat’s Kaliganj upazila on Tuesday.

A prisoner, convicted in multiple cheque forgery cases, died in Dinajpur jail on Tuesday night.

The municipal mayor of Moheshkhali in Cox’s Bazar was sent to jail yesterday in an attempted murder case of freedom fighter Amzad Hossain.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday extended the “warmest wishes” to her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and the people of India on the occasion of the country’s Republic Day.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 1.80 lakh yaba pills worth Tk 5.40 crore from the Naf river along Kharangkhali area in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar yesterday.

Kurdish forces yesterday retook full control of a prison in northeast Syria where Islamic State group jihadists had been holed up since attacking it six days earlier.

Today is the 13th death anniversary of Md Shahidul Islam Pannu, director of Sara Advertising Ltd, said a press release.  His family members have requested all to pray for the salvation of the departed soul.

Raw turmeric is the ground root of the turmeric plant. The roots have been used in various forms for centuries in the subcontinent. Many of its health benefits have also been proven by science.