The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has raised the power tariff by 5.3 percent at retail and 8.4 percent at wholesale levels.

The newly-elected mayors and councillors of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) took oath for office.

At least three people including a child die as a fire broke out in a building in Dhaka's Eskaton area.

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, also the lead investigators of the of blogger and writer Avijit Roy murder case, releases a video that reveals how the banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam planned and executed the killing.

To encourage intellectual practice among students, Esho Shikhi learning app has launched the “Best Brainiac Competition”, says a press release. Students in grades 11-12, SSC and HSC examinees and those from equivalent background from across the country will be able to participate in this competition.

The lane between Dewanbazar Didar Market and C&B Bridge in port city has been named after renowned social leader and educationist LA Chowdhury.

Thirteen students of Rajshahi University filed complaints of sexual harassment against a teacher yesterday.

The newly elected mayors and councillors of Dhaka south and north city corporations will take oath today.

At least six people were killed in road accidents in the last two days, report our correspondents and a news agency.

Professor Atiqul Islam has been reappointed vice-chancellor of North South University (NSU) for the second term, said a press release. He was first appointed vice-chancellor of NSU in 2016.

The central Awami League leaders are trying to bring the factions of port city unit AL under the same umbrella in a bid to ensure victory for the party nominated mayor and councillor candidates in the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) polls.

Stuck in an inescapable situation or pitted against a ruthless maniac determined to destroy the stability of the free world, what will our protagonist do, how far will he or she travel to save us -- these are the nail-biting cliffhangers that compel us to turn the pages of a thriller and finish it in one sitting.

A Dhaka Court yesterday framed charges against expelled Jubo League Dhaka South Organising Secretary Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan, in connection with a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act.

Angarir Khal, a city corporation-owned canal in Savar, was finally freed from grabbers yesterday, after six long years.

A Mymensingh court yesterday sentenced a man to death for killing his nephew over land dispute at the district’s Sadar upazila in 2016.

Chattogram city unit of BNP yesterday organised a reception programme for the party-nominated mayoral candidate Shahadat Hossain for the upcoming city corporation polls.

A 70-year-old man died during a scuffle with his “rivals”, over a land dispute in port city’s Halishahar area yesterday morning.

A two-day information fair began in Savar yesterday, with an objective to inform people about the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

Inside the tiny flat on the narrow Lalmohon Saha Street of Old Dhaka, “casino brothers” Enamul Haque Enu and Rupon Bhuiyan had hired two people to guard their five steel vaults, law enforcers have found.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has found 14 sources of graft at the 10 land ports of the country operated by Bangladesh Land Port Authority.