Workers of eight state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Jashore industrial belt will go on an indefinite hunger strike again from this afternoon.

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Mohammad Javed Patwary yesterday urged retired police officers to create awareness against menaces like drugs, militancy, terrorism and stalking.

With a cold wave sweeping through the country, the number of people -- especially children and the elderly -- falling into cold-related illnesses is rising in many districts.

A monthly magazine aimed at helping job-seekers and other competitive tests hit the stands yesterday.

To stop haphazard parking of vehicles, reduce traffic congestion and bringing discipline on roads in the capital and its adjacent areas, the government is going to enact a parking policy.

Police arrested four alleged snatchers and seized a car from their possession in Bhaluka of Mymensingh early yesterday.

Police yesterday recovered the decomposed body of an unidentified woman, aged around 30, from Jamshing area in Savar municipality outside the capital.

President of Bangladesh Chamber of Industries (BCI) Anwar-ul Alam Chowdhury Parvez yesterday underscored the need for focusing on agro-based industry to ensure sustainable economic growth after the country’s graduation from the group of Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said people cannot exercise their power as owners of the country, since Bangladesh is not run as per its constitution.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal yesterday said no musical events will be allowed in open places on the occasion of celebrating 31st night.

Police last night arrested five youths in connection with killing of 70-year-old businessman Tobarak Hossain at his Tejgaon flat on Wednesday.

International Winter Art Festival 2019

Bholaganj Sada Pathor, around 35 kilometres away from the Sylhet city, has turned into a new destination for the tourists. The beautiful place located at the end of Sylhet-Companiganj-Bholaganj highway attracts hundreds of tourists a day.

Various cold-related diseases have affected 4,196 people across the country in the last 24 hours, the government says.

Raushan Ershad, widow of Jatiya Party founder HM Ershad, is elected as the chief patron of the party during its national council for the next three years.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges air passengers including very important persons (VIPs) to abide by existing security rules and regulations of the airports of the country, issuing a strong warning that errant passengers will be barred from boarding aircraft in future for violating the laws.

A suspected drug peddler is killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Badda of Dhaka.

Bangladesh and Vietnam want to work closely to enhance the bilateral trade volume from around US $1 billion to $2 billion by 2021.

The government will use a mobile application -- billed as “Krishoker App” -- to collect food grain directly from farmers across the country, said Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder yesterday.

Police recovered the body of a boatman at Banglabazar Ghat from the Karnaphuli river in the port city yesterday morning.