Himal Southasian has announced Bangladeshi writer Mashiul Alam’s short story “Milk”, translated by Shabnam Nadiya, as winner of their end-of-year short story competition, as per the magazine’s website.

An elderly woman was allegedly killed by her son after an altercation at Doloipara village in Sylhet Sadar upazila on Monday night.

Rights activists and academicians at a conference yesterday urged the government to end division among the citizens based on ethnic and religious identity, which goes against the founding principles of Bangladesh.

Prosecution witness Najmul Ahsan yesterday told a Dhaka court that he along with some people, rushed to the office of Jagriti Prokashani at Aziz Market and found the office door locked at around 3:50pm on October 31, 2015.

Admirers from all walks of life thronged the central Shaheed Minar yesterday to pay their tributes to Professor Ajoy Roy.

Three separate motorbike-related accidents killed three people in Kishoreganj Mymensingh, and Noakhali districts yesterday, while another two died in another road crash in Noakhali. Among the deceased were a seven-year-old boy and a police constable, reported our correspondents.

The number of terrorist incidents has come down significantly in the last three years, but the threat of radicalisation is on the rise, according to research by the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).

Five people sustained burn injuries as they came in contact with a live wire at a warehouse in Patiya upazila of Chattogram yesterday.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 will deliver its verdict today in a case filed against a Rajshahi man for allegedly committing crimes during the Liberation War in 1971.

A defamation lawsuit has been filed against Nurul Haque Nur, vice-president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) for allegedly tarnishing image of the student body by “indulging in corruption”.

The High Court rejects the bail petition filed by suspended director of Anti-Corruption Commission Khandaker Enamul Basir in a case filed over the transaction of Tk 40 lakh as bribe.

Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) has fixed the examination dates for the written tests of the 40th BCS.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) presses charges against former chief justice SK Sinha and 10 others in a case filed under Money Laundering Act.

The High Court rules that "Joy Bangla" slogan must be used at first and last of all the state programmes including the Victory Day and Independence Day.

Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), a legal aid and human rights organisation, demands an independent inquiry commission to investigate all sorts of rights violation including rape, extrajudicial killing and enforced disappearance in the country.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 is to deliver verdict in a case filed against a Rajshahi man for allegedly committing crimes during the Liberation War in 1971.

BNP yesterday urged people of the country to initiate a strong resistance against the government -- in the face of “severe social and political bankruptcy”.

BNP Vice Chairman Advocate Khandker Mahbub Hossain yesterday blamed Attorney General Mahbubey Alam for misleading the Supreme Court over hearing a bail petition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a corruption case, and not placing her medical report before the apex court.

Sexual harassment at workplace should be addressed strictly, and along with formal sectors, working women from informal sectors and peri-urban areas must get proper attention regarding incidents of sexual violence, speakers said at a roundtable yesterday.

Today is the 13th death anniversary of Advocate ABM Fazle Rashid Chowdhury Hiru, a distinguished politician, entrepreneur, and social worker.