Police arrest a housewife following death of a minor female house help, whose body bore several injury marks, in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir voices anger over the verdict in Feni madrasah student Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case as he said the accused cops have gone unpunished.

Former Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, an alleged kingpin of the illegal casino business in Dhaka, is sent to jail after completion of his 10-day remand in two cases filed under the firearms and narcotics control acts.

The person, who hacked the Facebook account of Bhola’s Biplob Chandra Baidya, has been identified with the help of the Facebook authorities in the US, home ministry spokesperson says.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrives in Baku on a four-day official visit to Azerbaijan to attend the 18th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).

The story is about a hospital in Manikganj which is facing numerous problems including shortage of manpower.

A court in Bhola today remanded five people in connection with Sunday’s mayhem in the district that left four people dead.

Bangladesh advanced 8 notches in global ease of doing business ranking to 168 out of 190 counties, according to a report of World Bank.

A domestic flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines makes an emergency landing at Dhaka Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

All the 16 convicts will challenge their death penalty awarded by a Feni court in Nusrat murder case.

The UN’s monitor for freedom of expression has called on governments and companies to move away from “standardless policies and inconsistent enforcement” and to align their laws and practices against hate speech with international human rights law.

For the first time in its history, Bangladesh Railway (BR) is introducing a locomotive simulator to train entry-level loco masters.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has identified seven wards where density of culex mosquitoes is high.

Despite climate migration putting a new dimension in poverty distribution in both rural and urban areas, very little has been done to make the cities migrant-friendly, speakers at a discussion said yesterday.

Community police are planning to set up a complaint box to address the allegations of misconduct against government officials and ensure necessary lawful actions in this regard.

Bangladesh has ranked third among 33 countries in terms of interference of tobacco companies in government action regarding tobacco control, finds a study.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government is working to enhance Bangladesh’s air connectivity with the rest of the world.

A former student of Jahangirnagar University was arrested in a case filed under digital security act for allegedly spreading rumour via a messaging app against JU Vice Chancellor Prof Farzana Islam to remove her from the post.

A Chattogram court yesterday sentenced a man to death for killing an elderly woman and a seven-year-old house help during a robbery in port city’s Kotwali area in 2009.

A Chattogram court yesterday sentenced a man to death for killing an elderly woman and a seven-year-old house help during a robbery in port city’s Kotwali area in 2009.