Police yesterday arrested 11 suspected members of a robber gang during a raid in Tiger Pass area in port city.

Troyee pretended to catch a fish. As soon as the six-year-old put her hand against the wall of an aquarium it swam away.

The Roads and Highway Department (RHD) has been implementing seven development projects in Rajshahi division to improve the existing road network.

Dhaka Residential Model College student Naimul Abrar, who was electrocuted to death on Friday, was buried at his village home in Noakhali yesterday.

Awami League is going to arrange its 21st triennial national council on December 20 and 21 to elect the party’s next leadership without presence of political leaders from foreign countries.

Police have detained six people for interrogation in connection the double murder at a flat in the capital’s Dhanmondi area last night.

Right activists urge country people to raise their voice in favour of freedom of speech saying that human life turns into animal’s life in absence of the fundamental rights.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says mass awareness campaign will be continued across the country for a week and asked the authorities concerned not to file any case during the time under the new Road and Transport Act that went into effect yesterday.

As many as 75 Bangladeshi migrant workers return home from Saudi Arabia amid a deportation spree of undocumented migrant workers by the Gulf country.

Police found a “bomb-like substance” on a road in front of a house in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area tonight.

With Bengali litterateur Shahaduzzaman

The Junior School Certificate (JSC) and its equivalent Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations are set to begin today across the country, with the participation of 26,61,682 examinees.

The government has taken a number of projects for the development of tourism sector. Once implemented, these are expected to attract more local and foreign tourists, which will eventually help the country achieve the much-desired double digit GDP growth.

Leaders of different political parties yesterday said the dream of establishing a non-communal state will not be fulfilled until the country’s progressive forces are united.

It was Meryl Streep that made the Dingo famous.

On the night of October 14, Sanjida Begum fell off the stairs of her Azimpur New Colony residence, and hurt her leg.

The second death anniversary of Prof MA Hannan Feroz, founding vice chancellor of Stamford University Bangladesh, was observed on Wednesday.

NEW RULES, OLD HABITS

Defying law and posing serious threats to the environment and public health, over two dozen brick factories continue to operate in Bogura municipality area.

At least four people were killed and one was injured in road accidents in two districts during the last two days, our correspondents report.