A worker was killed and four were injured in a gas pipeline explosion at a mill in Rupganj of Narayanganj yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now in London on an official visit, has sent Bangladesh’s famous mangoes along with flowers to newly appointed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

The body of an eighth-grader was recovered yesterday from a ship anchored in port area of Narayanganj city, around 24 hours after he went missing.

Two people were killed in road accidents in two districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) early yesterday arrested two, including the prime accused, over the murder of Sylhet Technical Training Institute student Tanvir Hossain Tuhin.

The authorities of Chittagong University (CU) yesterday placed a Tk 339.18 crore budget for the 2019-20 fiscal year with only 1.24 percent allocation for research work.

Journalists in Barishal yesterday demanded abolishment of Digital Security Act and implementation of the ninth wage board award.

Bangladesh is among the first four countries in WHO South-East Asia Region to achieve hepatitis B control, with prevalence of the deadly disease dropping to less than one percent among five-year-old children.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said people have no faith in BNP as it always spreads lies and rumours over Khaleda Zia’s health and other issues.

With the aim to raise awareness against violent extremism, the first ever National Youth Peace Assembly 2019 was held at Krishibid Institution Bangladesh (KIB) auditorium in the capital yesterday.

JCI Dhaka Entrepreneurs organised a health camp and dental checkup event for the elderly people living in Mirzapur, Gazipur on July 26, Friday morning.

National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan asks his officials not to harass businessmen during the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT).

Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) claim to have arrested three people along with six firearms and ammunitions in Khilgaon area of Dhaka.

Two university students reportedly die of dengue fever in Dhaka and Chattogram cities.

A youth escaped death in mob beating as he managed to flee after local people caught him on suspicion that he was a child kidnapper in Hathajari area of Chattogram.

Five members of a family including a “Sonali Bank official” have been detained from a building in Dhaka’s Mirpur area for their alleged involvement with the banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam.

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

A woman was gang-raped at a rented house in Pabna town on Wednesday night. Police arrested the landlord yesterday following an allegation of assisting the rapists.

Police recovered the body of a teenage boy in Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram yesterday afternoon.