A lighter vessel carrying 2,000 tonnes of raw sugar capsized in the Bay of Bengal near Bhashanchar this morning.

A Dhaka court sends Shamsul Islam--a constable of the Detective Branch (DB) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police-- to jailfor possessing of 740 pieces of yaba tablets.

A police officer died from Covid-19 at Central Police Hospital Dhaka early yesterday.

The Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in India has condemned what it said is a disinformation campaign by some Indian media targeting Bangladesh, and urged all to disregard the false information peddled by those outlets.

Intern doctors at Chattogram Medical College Hospital went on a work stoppage yesterday, protesting an alleged attack on two of their fellows the day before.

Health guidelines are not being followed in public transports in Chattogram, increasing the risk of worsening coronavirus situation.

The country may experience moderate to heavy rain in the next three to four days as a depression has formed over Bay of Bengal.

A housewife was allegedly beaten to death by her husband over a family row in Dhaka’s Mirpur area yesterday morning.

He started as a “shooter”, when he was 18 years old.

BNP yesterday alleged that the government is using the Digital Security Act as a weapon to hang onto power.

It was during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 that I came to know and love rural Bengal.

The Detective Branch of police says they have arrested five members of a note forgery syndicate during a drive in Dhaka’s Paltan area.

A housewife iss allegedly beaten to death by her husband over a family row in Dhaka’s Mirpur area.

Thousands of expatriate Bangladeshis employed in the Middle East but currently stranded at home for months amid the coronavirus pandemic have been facing difficulties flying to their destinations due to limited access to air tickets.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said that the government will promote youth-led innovations and solutions to build greater resilience and combating climate emergency.

Abdul Hai Sarker, chairman, Education, Science, Technology and Cultural Development Trust (ESTCDT), the Founding Trust of the Independent University, Bangladesh was recently elected chairman of Dhaka Bank Ltd.

Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora has been made additional director general (planning and development) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Cambridge International released the results of its June 2020 series on time, to thousands of schools around the world yesterday. Altogether more than 950,000 grades were issued, to almost 4,000 schools in 139 countries, said a press release.

Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Shiekh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday asked all utility service providing organisations to inform all their development projects to DSCC by October 1, to bring all work under coordination.

India is thinking of opening regular visas for Bangladeshi travellers, the country’s ambassador said yesterday.