Rail communication with Rajshahi came to a halt yesterday after an oil carrying train veered off the railway track in the district’s Charghat upazila.

A Dhaka court allows the Anti-Corruption Commission to interrogate suspended deputy inspector general of police Mizanur Rahman at jail gate in connection with taking and giving bribe.

Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury expresses deep shock and sorrow at the death of Rushema Begum, a reserved seat Awami League lawmaker.

A teacher of Rajuk Uttara Model College has been suspended for setting questions on controversial Facebook personality Sefat Ullah alias "Sefuda".

The Netherlands Queen Maxima, who is on a three-day visit to Bangladesh, visited Zinardi Union Parishad in Narsingdi’s Palash upazila and learnt of how it provides services to the people through its digital center.

A tribunal in Dhaka has fixed July 17 for holding charge framing hearing as the prison authorities failed to produce former officer-in-charge of Sonagazi Police Station Moazzem Hossain before it.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others on charge of laundering Tk 4 crore.

Tunisian authorities rescued 71 migrants including 37 Bangladesh nationals as their boat began to sink after setting out from neighbouring Libya for Italy, the National Guard says.

Visually impaired job seekers go on an indefinite hunger strike demanding special recruitment at government, autonomous, semi-autonomous offices and Tk 10,000 allowance until they secure jobs after graduation.

A Dhaka court frames charges against two teachers of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College in a case filed over instigating the suicide of ninth-grader Aritry Adhikary last year.

The Supreme Court will deliver its verdict any day on the appeal filed by Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam against the death penalty given to him by a war crimes tribunal.

Former United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon says Bangladesh is the best teacher in climate change adaptation.

With rainwater draining out of the roads, the port city’s waterlogging condition finally improved yesterday. City-dwellers in the most low-lying areas were stuck due to waterlogging after incessant downpour on Monday.

A man reportedly died by suicide after killing his wife in Narayanganj yesterday.

On water saving irrigation technique in the coastal areas of Bangladesh

Jurists at a discussion yesterday urged the government to strengthen local arbitration councils as they play a vital role in resolving family disputes locally, and comparatively faster than conventional legal proceedings.

Acumen Academy has launched its fellowship programme concurrently in Bangladesh, Malaysia and Spain on Monday, says a press release.

Removed from the post of chief caretaker at Mayor Mohammad Hanif Jame Mosque in the city’s Azimpur, Saiful Islam got angry and stabbed his successor Hanif Sheikh to death inside the mosque on the afternoon of July 2, police said yesterday.

Overall health condition of ailing Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has remained almost unchanged, JP acting Chairman GM Quader said yesterday.

Three hundred and ninety-nine children were victims of rape and attempted rape in the last six months, according to Manusher Jonno Foundation.