Photos taken by activists at a shelter called Kalua’s Homes at Baruikhali of the capital’s Rayerbazar area have revealed a dismal picture. Scores of well and unwell dogs were photographed cramped inside a small shed, while paralysed cats were found in cages. Some of the dogs were all skin and bones, as the food given to them were inedible and covered with mould.

After nearly 100 burglaries at different mobile and Bkash agent shops across the country, five members of an organised gang of thieves are arrested by police in Chattogram port city's Bakalia area.

Some 1,387 children across the country faced different forms of violence in the last six months since January, according to a study of Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF).

The civil surgeon of Feni, who tested Covid-19 positive in mid-June, dies at a city hospital.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has directed the authority of Regent Hospital to close the Uttara and Mirpur branches of their hospitals immediately.

Three members of a family were killed as a private car fell into a roadside ditch in Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla earlier today.

Four day labourers went missing as two boats capsized in the Padma River near Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia this morning.

Six people in total showing coronavirus-like symptoms died Cumilla, Jhenidah and Patuakhali in the last 24 hours.

Malaysian Immigration Department has circulated a notice today, seeking public information on a Bangladeshi national to be investigated under the Immigration Act, after he spoke of mistreatment of migrants during Covid-19 lockdown in an Al Jazeera documentary aired last week.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said the government will not spare anyone found involved in human trafficking and money laundering.

In response to severe flooding that submerged parts of Bangladesh in late June, the European Union is providing EUR 100,000 (Tk 90.6 lakh) to Bangladesh Red Crescent Society for early anticipatory action in order to reduce impacts on the most affected communities.

On the third day of Dhaka North City Corporation’s (DNCC) anti-mosquito “combing operation”, the DNCC team found Aedes mosquito larvae in 85 houses and establishments.

The High Court yesterday ordered the authorities concerned to conduct a judicial inquiry into the allegations of police torture on college student Imran

The Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission’s restrictions on Grameenphone will remain in force as the High Court yesterday dropped a writ petition, filed challenging the BTRC decision from its hearing list.

Colleges following the national curriculum are divided over promoting 11th-grade students to the next grade, as debates on possibility of a learning gap are ongoing, amid closure of educational institutes.

The High Court yesterday directed the health secretary to conduct an inquiry into the reported allegations against the hospitals concerned of refusing

Monirul Alam, a resident of Gendaria, has been suffering from high blood pressure for the last two years.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police has started investigation against Laxmipur lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul, who was arrested in Kuwait on charge of human trafficking.

Shutting down state-owned jute mills in the name of modernisation is tantamount to destroying the jute sector, Workers Party of Bangladesh said yesterday.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is expanding its presence across the country, its chief said yesterday.