Rickshaw-puller Md Abu (55) was wailing as all his belongings were burnt to ashes in a fire at a slum at West Madarbari in the port city yesterday.

Fire-fighters yesterday recovered the body of a four-year-old boy, who drowned in Manda canal in the city’s Mugda on Sunday.

State Minister for Water Resources Zahid Faruque tells parliament that the government has taken an initiative to formulate a masterplan for curbing river pollution across the country.

The High Court has stayed the results of government primary school teacher recruitment tests in eight more districts for six months over charges of violating result publishing rules.

Rights group Article 19 expresses grave concerns over attacks on journalists during Saturday’s Dhaka city polls.

A man was arrested last night for raping a Secondary School Certificate examinee in Tarakanda upazila of Mymensingh, police say.

Yet another Baul artist has been sued under the Digital Security Act for making “derogatory comments” about Islam and hurting people’s sentiment.

Around 800 people become homeless as 270 shanties are burnt in a fire at a slum at West Madarbari in the port city.

The government has been ordered by the High Court (HC) to remove all illegal structures built on encroached land of Mayur river in Khulna within the next two months.

The High Court has refused to grant bail to four bodyguards of GK Shamim, a top government-listed contractor, in a money laundering case.

A crude bomb exploded near the Madhur Canteen at the campus of University of Dhaka this morning.

Grameenphone CEO Yasir Azman says that the mobile network operator is going to face a major crisis within the next a couple of weeks if BTRC does not allow the company to sell any new SIM cards or resell the numbers that have been blocked for 15 months.

The body of a four-year-old boy, who drowned in Manda canal of Dhaka’s Mugda area yesterday, is recovered.

The High Court has issued a rule asking the government to explain within six weeks, why they should not be directed to prohibit the gender detection of unborn babies, in order to ensure protection of the unborn and pregnant mothers.

A total of 271 shanties are gutted as a fire broke out at a slum in Chattogram city. The fire originated at the slum in Anu Majhir Ghat area around 5:10am.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday in the parliament said the government is working to increase the number of foreign missions of Bangladesh to 100 from the existing 77 within 2021.

Maleka Begum (22) and her family of four had gone to visit her uncle Kamrul Khan in Ashulia’s Dendabar area four days ago. The family was scheduled to return home yesterday, but their residence at Faridpur’s Alamdanga stands empty after a tragic road accident at Nabinagar left Maleka and her 3-year-old daughter Fatema dead.

Spelling Bee is back this year.

For those who haven’t had the fortune to visit the major landmarks and monuments of Bangladesh, the “Mini Bangladesh” theme park in the port city can serve as something of a snapshot.

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