Char people in the district reiterated their demand to spare their homesteads and farmlands from acquisition.

Bangladesh says other countries neighbouring Myanmar should open up more to Rohingya refugees as it alone cannot cope with the problem.

Transport workers call a strike in Chittagong division on November 29 to press their nine-point demand including setting up terminal for all modes of the motorised vehicle at a convenient place.

National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports announces to observe a half-day hartal in Dhaka city on January 26 protesting Rampal power plant near the Sundarbans.

Tomorrow is the 91st birth anniversary of Munier Chowdhury, educationalist, playwright, literary critic and political dissident, who was picked up on December 14, 1971 by local collaborators and later tortured and killed by the Pakistan Army. Asif Munier, his youngest son gives a glimpse of the life of the martyred intellectual.

The government must take effective steps to save the country’s rivers from grabbing and polluting for the sake of the environment and people’s livelihood, say speakers at a national convention on saving the rivers.

Some of the Rohingya people from Myanmar have intruded into Bangladesh territory through the borders along the Naf river in last seven days, Border Guard Bangladesh Director General Maj Gen Abul Hossain says.

The forest department with the help of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) in separate drives rescued 1451 wild birds from different areas of Feni Sadar upazila early yesterday.

Seasonal fish drying has started in the coastal areas of Bhola, Patuakhali and Barguna and thousands of people, including a good number of women and children, are now engaged in the job.

The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas and Mineral Resources, Power and Ports starts its ‘March towards Dhaka’ from seven divisional headquarters on Thursday demanding cancellation of the Rampal Power Plant near the Sundarbans.

Calling upon the Bangladesh government to accept and protect Rohingya refugees, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said the country is obligated to allow them to enter into its territory for their protection.

The cabinet approves the draft of the ‘Child Marriage Prevention Act 2016’ fixing minimum age for girls’ marriage at 18 years and incorporating a provision for special marriage.

Rapid Action Battalion with the help of forest department rescues 1451 wild birds in Feni Model Thana area in Feni.

A Jhenidah court yesterday sent 14 people to jail for their alleged involvement in stalking two sisters and maiming their father for protesting the stalking in Kaliganj upazila of the district on October 16.

It is a time for celebration for fishermen of Noakhali and Laxmipur as they are passing busy time netting coral in the Meghna river.

Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque says that the Rohingya crisis will have to be solved by Myanmar as it is the country’s internal issue.

Brahmanbaria police has requested to increase vigilance at borders and ports so that no culprit involved in the attack on Nasirnagar Hindus can escape.

Acting editor of daily Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman walks out on bail, after staying behind bars for over three-and-half years.He was implicated in over 70 cases including one filed over plots to abduct and kill the prime minister's son.

Road communication on Lalmonirhat-Burimari route was disrupted again yesterday as the steel deck of the Bailey

The top soil of cultivable land is being dug up illegally and sent to brick fields by a syndicate in the district, resulting in