To us Bangalees, hilsa isn't just a fish. It's an integral part of our culture and heritage. Be it fried or cooked with mustard, hilsa is a must in Pahela Baishakh celebrations. But they aren't anymore safe in our rivers, home to world's 60pc hilsa. This four-part series focuses on the existential crisis, changing habitat and ways to conserve this much coveted fish.

Eight people were killed and 13 others were injured in road accidents in the country yesterday.

At least 10 people were injured and five shops vandalised during a clash between the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL and

The ringleader of an inter-district robber gang is killed in a “gunfight” between his cohorts and police on Magura-Jessore road in Magura Sadar upazila.

Two persons were killed as a bus hit their motorcycle on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway at Binodpur in Rajshahi city yesterday afternoon.

At least 27 houses were gutted in two fire incidents in Panchagarh yesterday and on Thursday.

A boy was killed as he fell into an abandoned well in Railway Staff Colony area of Parbatipur upazila in Dinajpur yesterday.

Interpol assures Bangladesh of continuing need-based training support for the country’s police.

Armed robbers kidnapped 29 fishermen along with their fishing trawler from Sonadia Channel of the Bay of Bengal in Moheshkhali upazila

Locals caught three muggers with a pistol when the criminals were trying to snatch Tk 15 lakh from two bKash officials after injuring

The war crimes tribunal asks investigators to submit its report by April 30 on two Habiganj brothers suspected of committing wartime offenses during 1971.

Police hand over bodies of the 12 killed in collapse of a two storey tin structure in a marshland in Rampura area of Dhaka.

A laden truck collides head-on with a three-wheeler, locally known as Mahindra, in Doriarpar area of Barisal city killing six people and injuring six others.

Watermelon farmers of different char (sandy land) areas of the district are happy with its bumper production and satisfactory price this

A student of Noakhali Abdul Malek Ukil Medical College in Begumganj upazila of the district drowned in a pond on the college campus

Patuakhali District and Sessions Judges' Court did not hear the bail petition of detained ABM Mizanur Rahman, Baufal upazlila

A housewife was murdered allegedly by her husband and in-laws for dowry in Phulbari upazila of the district on Monday night.

At least 12 people, including five women, were killed yesterday as a two-storey tin structure, housing around 20 families, collapsed in a marshland in the capital's Rampura area.

At least 11 people including five women are killed as a two-storey makeshift house caves in the swampy soil by the Jheelpar in Rampura of Dhaka.

Rangpur Medical College is closed for an indefinite period following a clash between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) that left 10 people injured.