Brac Bangladesh has appointed Asif Saleh as its new executive director, says a press release.

Today is the second death anniversary of eminent educator, industrialist and former cabinet minister Harunar Rashid Khan Monno, says a press release.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) will start a 13-day special steamer service from Dhaka-end on August 8 ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

A handcuffed accused tried to flee from a court dock in Rajshahi yesterday morning, prior to the announcement of verdict against him in a narcotics case.

The rate of seeking political asylum by Bangladeshis in overseas doubled in last five years due to repressive political environment and violation of basic rights in the country, says Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA).

The government officials are merely servants of the republic and they are not very very important person (VVIP), the High Court observes.

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud says social media, including Facebook and Twitter, have a responsibility in preventing rumours.

The girl, who was spotted hanging from the veranda of the 11th floor of a building in Kakrail of Dhaka, will be handed over to her family, police say.

A mobile court has sent 29 members of different teenage gangs to Juvenile Development Centre after detaining them from different areas of Dhaka.

The High Court issues a rule on the government to explain why it should not give Tk 3 crore as compensation to the family of Titash Ghosh, who died in an ambulance on a ferry on the way to Dhaka on July 25.

An official of a construction company is handed jail terms after larvae of aedes mosquito, the carrier of dengue virus, were found at a construction site of the company.

Police cannot requisition private cars, CNG-run auto-rickshaw and taxis, the High Court says. The HC issued nine directives on police over the requisitioning of vehicles.

Two people including a police official die of dengue fever in the capital.

Detectives on Monday night seized a large consignment of cannabis -- hidden inside gas cylinders -- from a pick-up van.

Police sent 42 Rohingyas including women and children who fled different refugee camps, back to Cox’s Bazar after detaining them from Patiya upazila of Chattogram early yesterday.

A 17-day tree fair, which drew huge response from nature lovers, concluded at Laldighi ground in the port city yesterday.

In Bangladesh, half of the population is thought to be carrying the pathogen responsible for tuberculosis (TB), which is dormant in their body. People need to be aware of the disease as it causes respiratory infections.

At least three people were killed and nine were injured in road accidents in two districts in the last two days, according to reports from our correspondents.

The High Court yesterday wanted expert opinions on two separate test reports on water supplied by Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa).

The young population -- aged between 16 and 30 -- are more susceptible to dengue, doctors of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) said yesterday.