Intermittent drizzling and rain in the last two weeks in Chattogram is creating a congenial atmosphere for spawning in river Halda, a unique and possibly lone natural spawning ground of carp fish in South Asia.

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for the lower court concerned to continue trial proceedings of a corruption case against former law minister Moudud Ahmed.

Speakers at a roundtable yesterday urged the government to emphasise on meeting nutrition demand of adolescents, particularly the poor who drop out of school, to ensure a healthy and productive Bangladesh.

Imposing ban on carrying vuvuzela and any type of mask in Pahela Baishakh programmes, Chattogram Metropolitan Police has taken four-tier security measures ahead of the April 14 celebration, said CMP Commissioner Md Mahbubor Rahman yesterday.

A student of Jagannath University (JnU) is sued under the Digital Security Act today for allegedly making derogatory posts and comments about different religions on Facebook.

The High Court clears the way for BNP leader Mirza Abbas and his wife Afroza Abbas to go abroad and return to the country.

A Dhaka court is set to deliver the judgment in a money laundering case filed against businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun on April 24.

The owner of Suprobhat Paribahan bus that ran over and killed university student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury on March 19 confesses to a magistrate that as per his direction the conductor was steering the bus.

A Dhaka court rejects the bail petitions of two owners of FR Tower and sends them to jail in connection with the case filed over the devastating fire that ripped through the high-rise building on March 28 killing 26 people.

Bangladesh’s secretariat has foolproof security in terms of fire hazard from electrical short circuit, Cabinet Secretary M Shafiul Alam says.

A Dhaka Court places the two owners of Wahed Mansion -- from where the deadly Chawkbazar fire originated -- on a seven-day remand each in a case filed over the deaths of 70 people.

A banana vendor is killed after a truck hit him at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar of Dhaka.

Officials of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) recover 200 gold bars weighing 23.4 kilogrammes from the toilets of a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram.

Two victims who suffered burns during a “gas leak” explosion in Narayanganj’s Fatullah on Saturday have succumbed to their injuries.

Police arrested three students of Dhaka University including a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader over their alleged involvement in leaking fake question papers to examinees and changing exam results to extort a hefty sum of money.

The visiting British parliamentarian Mark Field yesterday appreciated Bangladesh's gradual progress -- turning into one of the fastest growing economies in the world.

Sariyya Subaha Salam, the youngest daughter of architect Md Abdus Salam, breathed her last at Apollo Hospitals Dhaka yesterday. She was 11 years old.

While there are concerns that Facebook and Twitter are being used to spread hatred and racial tension, examples like #MeToo movement raise hope of women getting a platform to speak up against harassment and gender violence, speakers at a discussion said yesterday.

Khandker Mahmooda Saeed, wife of telecommunication expert Abu Saeed Khan, breathed her last at a Bangkok hospital yesterday. She was 68, says a press release.

In a rare move, the High Court yesterday ordered law enforcement agencies to issue a red alert through the Interpol to arrest a businessman who has been sentenced to life imprisonment in a corruption case over misappropriation of Tk 15 crore from Rupali Bank.