Abdul Halim Dulal Sharif, father of slain Rifat Sharif, alleges that his daughter-in-law Aysha Siddika Minni and her parents are trying to divert the case to another direction.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now on an official visit to the United Kingdom, has given necessary directives to the authorities concerned to save people from the dengue outbreak.

Former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha has reportedly sought asylum in Canada, claiming that he was threatened for his refusal to support political interference in the judiciary, according to a report.

Coast guards have recovered seven lakh pieces of contraband yaba pills from a boat in Naf River.

Water levels of the Brahmaputra river and the Ghagot river rise further deteriorating the overall flood situation in Gaibandha and creating untold sufferings to the flood victims.

Aysha Siddika Minni, who is currently in jail in connection with the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif, has no major health concerns, according to doctor.

Private bus operators start selling advance tickets for the home goers ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. The sales begin from 6:00am as per the decision taken at a meeting of Bangladesh Bus Truck Owners’ Association on July 16.

Two labourers of Ahad Jute Mill Ltd were electrocuted at Nowapara municipality in Jashore yesterday morning.

Unidentified criminals hacked a man to death at Indurkani upazila of the district early yesterday.

A newsman and an employee of an insurance company were arrested on charge of spreading rumours of child kidnapping through social media in Thakurgaon and Dinajpur yesterday, report our correspondents.

A housewife was killed allegedly by her husband for dowry in Jashore’s Monirampur upazila on Wednesday.

Tangail police have been holding different programmes for creating awareness among people against ongoing rumours of child kidnapping.

A teenage madrasa student, who went missing from Kalapara upazila town a week ago, remained traceless as of yesterday.

Vehicular movement came to a halt to and from the district headquarters as transport owners and workers enforced an indefinite strike yesterday.

A schoolboy got his wrist of right hand broken as his teacher allegedly caned him in Putijuri area of Habiganj’s Bahubal upazila.

Floods have caused severe damage to most roads in all eleven upazilas of Sunamganj, suspending road communications between many upazilas including the district headquarters and Tahirpur.

Waterlogging has become a common phenomenon in monsoon at a number of neighbourhoods in Brahmanbaria.

While locals observe the 154th birth anniversary of legendary poet, lyricist and singer Rajanikanta Sen, his ancestral house at Bhangabari village in Sirajganj’s Belkuchi upazila lies in utter neglect.

Commuters have been suffering immensely as hundreds of vehicles remain stuck in a tailback on Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Bogura due to repairing work of the highway.

The online application process for admission into the honour courses of Jagannath University (JnU) under the 2019-2020 academic session will begin from August 1.