A man was electrocuted while cleaning the rooftop of his house in Madanhat area of Shitalpur under Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram yesterday morning.

Broodfish released sample eggs in Halda, the lone source of natural carp breeding in South Asia, yesterday.

The 5th South Asian Rally of International Inner Wheel, a global organisation of women, will be held in Dhaka on March 20-21, 2020.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the aim of her government is to improve the living standards of people and free the country from poverty.

President Abdul Hamid will return home today after an 11-day visit to London and Germany for health checkup and eye treatment.

A mobile court yesterday fined Chattogram Shopping Complex Shop Owners’ Association Tk one lakh for not attaching price tags to products in shops.

Three people were killed and three persons injured as a truck crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw carrying them on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bijoynagar upazila yesterday.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at a battalion commander-level flag meeting yesterday put emphasis on curbing cross-border crimes jointly to maintain peace on common international borders.

Police arrested a bus driver in Barishal yesterday over sexually harassing a female passenger a week ago.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) will start a 13-day special steamer services from Dhaka towards the southern region on May 30, ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr -- expected to be celebrated on June 5.

President of Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) Prof Abul Barkat says the price of per maund paddy should be fixed at Tk 1,200 so that farmers do not have to count losses.

Two Rohingya women are detained while attempting to board a UAE-bound flight from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Habiganj town dwellers had to suffer following a three-hour downpour and subsequent waterlogging yesterday.

Members of the Detective Branch (DB) of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) during a drive on Thursday night arrested a person with 50 inter-city train tickets from Tin Poler Matha area in the port city.

As the bus pulls up, the driver opens the doors automatically at the push of a button. Those on board are first allowed to leave, before the passengers waiting in a queue can enter the bus that stopped at the corner of Dhanmondi Road 15 and Satmasjid Road.

At least four persons were killed by lightning strikes across three districts in the last two days.

What satisfied people’s craving for sweet before sugar came along? Well, some people boiled the sap of maple and date to make syrup, but honey was the undisputed king of sweet. Honey bees were domesticated in ancient Egypt where beekeepers used clay jars for their bees to nest in. Beekeeping was also well known in Greek and Roman civilizations.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) is going to procure 55 dredgers, aiming to increase navigability of the country’s rivers and ensure smooth waterway communication.

An alleged mugger was wounded in a “gunfight” with police in port city’s Khulshi area early yesterday.

JCI Dhaka East, an international youth organisation, today hosted “Project Nari”, an initiative to create awareness among the female workers of a RMG factory regarding their feminine health.