The menace of militancy and terrorism in the country is under control, assures Monirul Islam, chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan police (DMP).

A court in Patuakhali has sent two policemen to jail in a case filed for taking over Tk 13 lakh bribe from a person last year.

Police arrest Ayesha Siddika Minni for her alleged involvement with the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif.

The HC has directed former Chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Katripakkha (Rajuk) Eng KM Harun and its two existing officials to surrender before a lower court in six weeks in a corruption case filed for forging a design for the construction of FR Tower.

The body of Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, who passed away in the capital on Sunday morning, has been taken in Rangpur for his fourth namaz-e-janaza.

The HC has directed the authorities concerned to take initiatives so that no antibiotic is given to cows without prescriptions from veterinary doctors.

A drug peddler has drowned into the Padma river during a gunfight between his cohorts and police in Rajshahi town, law enforcers have said.

Jahangirnagar University authorities’ decision to cut down over 1,100 trees -- to make way for five to-be-constructed dormitories -- have drawn the ire of students and teachers.

Sixty-six teachers from different universities of the country yesterday issued a statement extending their support to Prof ABM Faroque, who recently conducted two tests on milk samples of various companies.

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan yesterday said they were hopeful of completing all necessary procedures within two months to bring 20 locomotives from India to meet railway’s immediate needs.

President M Abdul Hamid yesterday attended the second namaz-e-janaza of Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, at South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad complex.

The High Court yesterday directed its registrar to file a case against five persons -- including three accused in a drug case -- on the charge of securing bail through forged documents from the court.

Rohan let out frequent shrieks of pain, his eyes fixed on the ceiling with teardrops rolling down on the pillow. Curtains were drawn, lights switched off. The ceiling fan was on full speed and his mother was rubbing his arms and legs, waiting for the morphine to kick in.

Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) started an anti-mosquito drive yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday emphasised strengthening waterways connectivity between Bangladesh and India, in a bid to promote trade and commerce between the two countries.

Police recovered the hanging body of a woman from her uncle’s home in Chattogram’s Chandgaon area yesterday morning.

Children should get the highest priority in climate change projects as they are the worst victims of the adverse climatic impacts, experts said at a discussion yesterday.

Police yesterday recovered the body of an unidentified young woman -- severed in six parts -- from a landfill at Boliarpur area in Savar

Police yesterday arrested the prime accused in a case filed for raping a woman at Golapganj upazila in Sylhet on July 11.

The Supreme Court has directed the government to immediately release Azmat Ali, a former school teacher from Pakhimara village under Sharishabari upazila of Jamalpur, from jail as he was arrested in 2009 even after the president pardoned him in 1991.