State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said power lines in Dhaka city will be below the ground within the next four years.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today confiscated assets worth Tk 100 crore of expelled Juba League office secretary Kazi Anisur Rahman.

An elephant was found dead near a forest in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram this morning.

The High Court today dropped from its cause list a writ petition that sought a stay order on Dhaka South City Corporation's (DSCC) move to relocate stray dogs.

The High Court today commuted the death sentence of a convict to life imprisonment in a case filed over the murder of Barishal University (BU) student Saoda Begum in 2013.

Four persons, including an employee of Titas Gas and its two hired day labourers, were injured in an explosion at Dhaka’s Panthapath area -- minutes after they went there yesterday afternoon, hearing of a possible gas line problem.

A Dhaka court today granted bail to ailing former chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha Humayun Khadem, who appeared before the court on a stretcher, in a case filed over forgery in the design of FR Tower in the capital’s Banani area.

Bangladeshi children have sounded the alarm and called for urgent action on climate change at a historic Children’s Climate Summit held on Friday.

As disease-causing germs are becoming more and more resistant to lifesaving antibiotics owing to their irrational use, experts yesgterday stressed the need for addressing the issue with highest priority and in a coordinated way.

Three auto-rickshaw passengers were killed and at least two injured as a bus hit it from behind on Dhaka-Bogura highway in Aaamtali area of Bogura in Sherpur upazila yesterday.

An imam of a mosque in Barishal was arrested yesterday on charge of molesting a seven-year-old boy.

Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested four persons from Dhaka’s Uttara and Turag areas in connection with recovering 31 crude bombs from Uttara.

Police in separate drives yesterday arrested five persons with 1.51 lakh yaba pills from port city’s Kalurghat area and Lohagara upazila in Chattogram.

The agriculture ministry has targeted expanding land for Boro rice cultivation by 50,000 hectares in the next season due to low yield of the Aman variety.

A Dhaka court yesterday again asked Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) to submit by December 29 the probe report of a case filed over the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi.

Covid-19 support packages were not evenly distributed among persons with disabilities of some 15 organisations, according to a survey of ADD International Bangladesh.

A special plan and a national databank will be set up to transform Dhaka into a modern and livable city, said LGRD Minister Tazul Islam yesterday.

Noted poet and teacher Himel Barkat has passed away yesterday. He was 42 years of age.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the government would not allow any evil efforts to destroy peace in name of any programme.

First phase of elections to the municipalities will be held on December 28, the Election Commission announced yesterday.