The ongoing heat wave which is sweeping across the country shall continue for at least three or four more days, the Met office says.

A government-formed committee probing the US$101 million heist from Bangladesh central bank account with Federal Reserve Bank of New York submits its preliminary report.

A draft of the Broadcast Act-2016m, which proposes three-month jail as highest punishment and Tk 5 lakh fine or both for violation of the rules, has been posted on website for public opinions.

A three-day talent hunt camp will begin at BKSP Cricket Training Ground, Savar on May 3 to select physically-challenged cricketers from the team from across the country.

The ongoing heat wave is hitting the cricketers hard as they practise for the upcoming Dhaka Premier League. One of them is even hoping for rain in order to get some relief

Taleya Rehman, wife of journalist Shafik Rehman, said the allegation brought against her husband is totally baseless and fictitious.

The High Court directs the government to take necessary steps to provide treatment of 10-year-old madrasa student Abujar Rahman, who was tortured by his teacher for four months.

The results of this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations may be published on May 10 or 11, education ministry sources say.

At least 12 people are killed and dozens injured after two buses collided head-on in Rangpur’s Taraganj on the Rangpur-Dinajpur highway.

Bullet-riddled body of a college student was recovered ten days after he was allegedly abducted by unidentified people from Jhenidah.

Ten robbers including the alleged mastermind have been arrested in connection with looting Tk 1.74 crore from an ATM booth of Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited in Gazipur on March 3, Rapid Action Battalion claims.

Lalbagh police arrest four people including the "mastermind" in connection with the murder of a muezzin in Old Dhaka's Islampur on April 5.

Sylhet customs officials find a Lexus luxury car abandoned outside their office. The car carries a letter, apparently from the owner who chose to remain anonymous, that says the vehicle has been surrendered to the tax collectors out of respect for the law.

Tamim Iqbal returned to cricket after a three-week hiatus with a century at Fatullah yesterday. The opener smacked 139 runs in 90 balls during a practice match played between Abahani Limited and Dhaka Premier League title-holders Prime Bank Cricket Club.

Casino junket operator Kim Wong has returned another P200 million ($4.34 million) to the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), which was believed to be part of the alleged $81million stolen funds from Bangladesh's central bank.

Police yesterday claimed Shafik Rehman admitted to having held "more than one meeting" with those convicted by a US court for bribing an FBI special agent to collect "confidential information".

The government has revised a project to lay a 129-km rail track from Dohazari to Gundum near Myanmar border via Cox's Bazar at a cost of Tk 18,034 crore.

A woman and her five-year-old daughter were found dead at their house in Boalkhali upazila of Chittagong yesterday.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) claims that the murder of Victoria College girl Sohagi Jahan Tonu was a planned one.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy says confidential FBI files on his location in the US were hidden in a secret place in journalist Shafik Rehman’s home.