One needs to know Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman first if he/she wants to know Bangladesh, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary says.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has formally invited his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina for a bilateral official visit to India in the first week of October next.

The High Court extends for one year its earlier order that granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed for killing seven people by setting fire on a bus in Cumilla in 2015.

A suspected robber has been killed in a reported gunfight with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Pekua upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

The 18-year-old girl, who was found dead at a toilet of an abandoned carriage at Kamalapur Railway Station yesterday morning, was raped before murder, doctor says.

A joint expert team of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) of the United Nations will assess the feasibility of Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) in controlling Aedes mosquitoes in Bangladesh.

A Dhaka court grants bail to land owner of FR Tower SMHI Faruque considering his illness and old age in two separate cases filed for illegal extension of the high rise building in the capital’s Banani.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) is giving its all efforts to control the dengue outbreak by the first week of September, its Mayor Sayeed Khokon expresses hope.

Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Md Atiqul Islam says owners will be fined if Aedes larvae are found in houses under his city corporation after 20 days.

Police have arrested three alleged stalkers who assaulted a teacher of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (Ruet) for protesting sexual harassment of his wife ten days ago.

Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Md Atiqul Islam yesterday announced that a “combing operation” will be launched in the city today, to eliminate Aedes mosquitoes.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said victims of Friday night’s fire at Chalantika in Mirpur that rendered thousands of people homeless will be rehabilitated.

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has asked the officials and employees of his ministry to work sincerely to ensure better services to people.

Rapid Action Battalion yesterday arrested four men, who are allegedly members of militant outfit “Allah’r Dol”, from the capital’s Hatirjheel area.

A woman, aged around 50, was killed when a train hit her at Nayabati area in Khulna city yesterday.

BNP yesterday said there is no reason for Bangladesh to provide its land to India in Brahmanbaria to expand Agartala airport.

Agitated locals of Karnaphuli upazila in Chattogram yesterday vandalised a police box, after a guava seller was allegedly beaten up by an officer of Detective Branch (DB).

It seems the lessons have not learnt been yet. Six months have passed since the devastating Chawkbazar fire, and Old Dhaka is still sitting on a ticking time bomb as chemical warehouses continue to operate -- mostly in residential buildings -- due to lack of action by the authorities concerned.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday quizzed 12 officials of Chittagong University (CU) at its Chattogram office in a corruption case over irregularities in recruitment of employees at the university.

Police arrested wife of a businessman from the capital yesterday afternoon in connection with several cases filed by different banks of Chattogram over default loan.