Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed a case against a listed drug lord of Cox’s Bazar, on charges of amassing wealth from unknown sources.

A woman was hacked to death and two others, including her son, were injured at Korbaniganj in the port city yesterday.

Two hundred and seventy nine children were raped in the four months of this year, Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF) said in a statement yesterday.

Due to the application of narrow narratives of secularism, religious extremism is spreading across Muslim countries including Bangladesh, speakers at a discussion said yesterday.

Eminent singer Subir Nandi was flown out to Singapore for treatment yesterday.

Climate change will have a direct impact on Bangladesh’s security as it will cause severe food and water crisis and displace people, experts said yesterday.

Today is the 34th death anniversary of Seraj Uddin Ahmed, founder chairman of Elite Group of Industries, says a press release.

Bangladesh Railway yesterday signed a deal with a China-Bangladesh joint venture firm to conduct feasibility study for construction of circular rail line around Dhaka -- aiming to reduce traffic congestion in the capital.

Two workshops on right to information (RTI) were held at deputy commissioner’s office in Sylhet yesterday.

Speakers at a rally yesterday urged countrymen to be more careful about the newly-floated political platform named “Jana Akangkhar Bangladesh” formed by a group of former Jamaat-e-Islami leaders.

Police yesterday arrested four persons in connection with a case filed over allegedly raping a ready-made garment worker in Kathgora area of Savar on Monday night.

Myanmar is deceiving Bangladesh on repatriating the Rohingya under a bilateral deal signed between the two countries, said National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chairperson Kazi Reazul Hoque.

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered further probe into the case filed over the death of Bangladesh University of Professional (BUP) student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury in a road accident on March 19.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to leave Dhaka for London today, on an official visit to the United Kingdom.

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

Aiming to reduce delays on toll roads, automated toll system have been set up at Meghna and Gumti bridges on Dhaka-Chattogram highway.

Dr S M Imamul Huq, Vice-chancellor of Barishal University, was sent on a 46-day leave from April 11 to May 26, in the face of 35 days of continuous protests from students, teachers and employees of the university demanding his removal.

A man was found dead in a Chattogram city hotel early yesterday.

After 12 years of formal education, students of twelfth grade at Pledge Harbor International School (PHIS) were declared “Graduates of 2019” on April 20, according to a press release.

Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury says she is yet to receive any letter from BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam, an MP-elect, over extending time to take his oath as lawmaker.