A traffic police officer is killed after a bus ran him over in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area.

Indian IT trailblazer NR Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys, now a global leader in technology services and consulting, is among two companies and two individuals who were honoured yesterday for their extraordinary success and contribution to the economy at the 18th edition of the Bangladesh Business Awards, the annual event that honours the movers and shakers of the corporate world.

Culinarian Alpana Habib’s cookbook “Alpana’s Cooking” has been recognised at the 24th Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, held in Macao on Thursday.

At least 2,329 people, including 291 women and 381 children, were killed and 4,361 injured in 2,159 road accidents across the country in the first half of the current year, says a report of Shipping and Communication Reporters Forum (SCRF).

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Heat exhaustion is a major concern at the moment.

At least 11 Rohingyas were injured and 273 shelters were destroyed during three days of continuous rain in Cox’s Bazar settlements, according to UN Refugee Agency.

Khelaghar Ashor, an organisation for children, yesterday demanded exemplary punishment for perpetrators of rape, murder and violence targeting women and children.

BNP has extended moral support to Left Democratic Alliance’s hartal, protesting the gas price hike.

Footbridges are common in Dhaka, making the lives of pedestrians easier in a city with maddening traffic.

Majeda Haq, a star of Bangladesh birding and a development professional, left us on 6 June, 2019. Her untimely departure - in addition to the death of wildlife researcher Tania Khan in March - made 2019 a painful year for conservationists of our land.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain convenes a full court meeting on Monday with all the High Court judges to take decisions on issues including promotion of lower court judges.

The BNP has extended its moral support to the half-day hartal (shut down) called by Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) protesting hike in gas price.

Police Bureau of Investigation of Dhaka Metro (Uttara) claim to have arrested one member of a fraud gang from Bhasantek area of the capital for his alleged involvement in collecting money from people in the name of providing job in army.

Describing Khaleda Zia as the symbol of democracy, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says democracy in the country will be restored when the BNP chairperson will be freed from jail.

Bangladesh and Japan have discussed ways to further strengthen economic relation and cooperation between the two countries.

A case is filed against a teenage boy for allegedly raping a child at a Dhanmondi hospital in capital Dhaka.

The government has appointed Md Shamsuzzaman as the new director general (DG) of Bangladesh Railway (BR).

President M Abdul Hamid yesterday stressed holding polls to students’ unions of all colleges and universities of the country -- like the Ducsu polls -- to build efficient and proper future leadership of the country.

Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) will host a two-day conference in Rajshahi starting July 6, to find strategies to fight droughts, which has put the region’s food and water security in question.