President Abdul Hamid yesterday asked Bangladeshi peacekeepers to uphold the country’s image in United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions through their heroic work, talent, and prudence.

A man yesterday confessed to a Rajshahi court of killing his seven-year-old stepson at Rajshahi’s Puthia.

Ihsanul Karim has received a three-year extension as press secretary to the prime minister.

Speakers at a seminar yesterday emphasised mass awareness for reducing air pollution, saying the current situation is alarming for the nation.

A Narayanganj court yesterday sentenced jewellery shop owner Pintu Devnath, 42, to death for killing his business partner and friend Prabir Kumar Ghosh last June.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) authorities yesterday said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s health condition is now much better than before.

When eight-month old Hasabullah’s apparently-ordinary cold turned into pneumonia, his mother Mukta could not afford a doctor visit.

The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) in a drive yesterday knocked down over 400 illegal structures on both sides of Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Nayarhat and Islampur areas of Savar.

A fire has broke out at a community centre in Tikatuli area of Dhaka.

A Dhaka court sentences a man to 30 years in jail for possessing 80 grammes of heroin when he was held in June 2017.

Former officer-in-charge (OC) of Sonagazi Police Station Moazzem Hossain files a petition with the High Court seeking anticipatory bail in a case filed on charges of filming a statement of madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi and circulating the clip on social media.

The government has signed a $100.5 million financing agreement with the World Bank to improve the condition of living of four large neighborhoods in Dhaka city, benefitting about a million residents.

The May 26 bomb attack on a police van in Dhaka’s Malibagh area was a “conspiracy” against police to turn them into a weak force, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia said today.

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is served iftar according to the jail code as she is a convicted criminal.

The much-hyped metro rail service, which was expected to be running in the capital from next year, will now be launched in December 2021.

Gas supply to the certain parts of Dhaka’s Uttara, Baridhara DOHS and Joarshahra areas will remain shut for nine hours till 3:00pm today due to maintenance work.

The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers is being observed in the country like elsewhere today in a befitting manner.

The High Court yesterday adjourned till June 10 the hearing on a writ petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, challenging legality of a government notification that said the Niko corruption case trial against her will be held at a special court in Keraniganj Central Jail.

Despite national development growth, poverty has increased simultaneously in the country with disparity in regional development and per capita income, said leading urban planners citing a research finding in the capital yesterday.

The government will award “Bangabandhu Nadi Padak” to encourage people and organisations to come forward to save the country’s rivers.