The Payra Port Authority (PPA) under the shipping ministry yesterday signed the first memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Belgian company Jan De Nul for capital dredging and ongoing maintenance dredging to develop the Payra Deep-sea Port.

Cyclone Roanu has done so much damage to the Kuakata beach that it is difficult to even take a walk on it now.

A Hindu trader was murdered by unknown assailants inside his shop in Gaibandha's Gobindaganj upazila yesterday.

It will be fair to say that Bangladesh cricket has not seen the likes of Mustafizur Rahman in its short history. It will be a little more contentious to say that the world has not seen a bowler like him in recent times.

Wheat blast disease, which struck the crop fields in southwestern Bangladesh this year in its first outbreak in Asia, came from Brazil, according to two scientists in Switzerland.

Dhaka dwellers were stuck on city streets for hours on end in the scorching heat yesterday, mainly because of a Dhaka North City Corporation event and a procession of the education ministry. Standstill traffic were everywhere in the capital.

The Supreme Court's latest landmark verdict against police's century-old discretionary powers concerning arrest, detention and remand is a bold judicial pronouncement in favour of people's liberty and fundamental rights.

Police personnel from different tiers have welcomed the Supreme Court's landmark verdict on police's powers concerning arrest, detention in custody and remand, but said the provision for making arrests on suspicion is necessary for tackling crimes.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has rejected the allegation against the government of “committing mass killing and crimes against humanity”.

The government must pay Tk 50 lakh in compensation to a man for his wrongful conviction in a rape case 12 years ago, the High Court ruled yesterday. Abdul Jalil of Char Fashion in Bhola was only 15 when the rape incident took place in 2001.

The 32nd Junior National Athletics Championships will get underway tomorrow at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, with some 600 participants expected to blaze the track at the big bowl.

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The number of invited guests in the swearing-in ceremony of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would cross the previous record.

Miscreants seriously injure a khadem (caretaker) of a mosque in Narayanganj town early today.

A Hindu shoe trader is murdered at his shop in Gobindaganj Upazila of Gaibandha. Hours later, a tweet posted by US-based SITE Intelligence Group said international militant outfit Islamic State (IS) had claimed responsibility of the murder.

Dhaka court sent to jail boyfriend of model Sabira Hossain, after she allegedly committed suicide at her flat in Dhaka.

The process of HSC admission begins tomorrow. A student can apply to up to 20 institutions of his or her choice, of which one would be given to him or her on merit.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) launches a call center where telecom subscribers will be able to register any telecom related complaint.

Seven people sustain burn injuries as fire broke out at an edible oil factory in Narayanganj this afternoon.

The High Court releases full text of its verdict directing the government to pay Tk 50 lakh in compensation to a man from Bhola for convicting him under a wrong law.