Two murder accused are killed in separate “gunfights” with police in Chattogram city and Satkhira.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says a government having a well-organised party behind it can develop a country fast.

Divers retrieve four bodies after a sand-laden cargo sank in the Burigranga River in Keraniganj.

An eighth grader was allegedly raped on Sunday morning at her village in Lohagora upazila of Narail district. She is now undergoing treatment at Khulna Medical College Hospital’s ICU.

Bangladesh National Hindu Grand Alliance in a report yesterday said some 108 people of the minority community were killed and 26 went traceless across the country last year.

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Found-ation of Eastern University was held on Tuesday.

Three people from the same family sustained burn injuries after a gas explosion at their flat in CI Khola area under Siddhirganj upazila in Narayanganj early yesterday morning.

At least 10 people were killed and 30 injured in road accidents across the country in the last two days, report our correspondents and news agencies.

A doctor of Rangpur Medical College (RMC) was sent to jail on Wednesday after a court rejected his bail prayer in a Tk 4.48 crore corruption case.

Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities have suspended 11 students from all academic activities for a year, as they were found guilty of ragging first-year students.

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A Dhaka court yesterday accepted a charge sheet against popular singer Asif Akbar in a case filed against him for possessing alcohol.

A house help allegedly stole Tk 70,000 from the residence of Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal and went into hiding.

Abu Taher, father of special correspondent of daily Samakal Abu Kawsar, died of cardiac failure on Wednesday.

The first death anniversary of former general secretary of Awami League and public administration minister Syed Ashraful Islam will be observed today.

The government will open virtual record rooms in all districts within the next six months, Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury said yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against the lone accused in a case filed over the rape and murder of Wari schoolgirl Samia Afrin Saima in July last year.

A private company started to salvage the clinker-laden vessel on Wednesday, 17 days after it had capsized in the river Kirtankhola.

Santrash Birodhi Chhatra Oikya -- a newly formed alliance comprising 12 student organisations -- yesterday issued an ultimatum till January 9 to Dhaka University vice-chancellor to meet their four-point demand, including legal action against and expulsion of those involved in attacks on Ducsu Vice President Nur and his associates.

Former Awami League MP from reserved seat and Supreme Court lawyer Fazilatun Nasa Bappy passed away yesterday at the age of 49.