A Chattogram bound air-conditioned Green Line bus has burnt to ashes in a collision with a covered van at Jhagurjhuli area of Cumilla Sadar on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway early today.

Recalling the violent attack at her home in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria, Purnima Das still trembles with fear.

A man has been beaten and burnt to death by a mob on Burimari Union Parishad premises on allegations of hurting religious sentiment in the district’s Patgram upazila.

It was mid-October this year and a bright sunny morning. I was travelling through the Barind area on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway along the Mahananda river to reach the orchard of one of the most progressive farmers of the Barind region.

Ayesha Siddique Minni, wife of Rifat Sharif who was sentenced to death in the case filed over his murder in Barguna, has been sent to Kashimpur Women’s Central Jail from Barguna jail amid tight security.

Director of Institute of Public Health (IPH) Dr Muhammad Abdur Rahim has sought apology for the notice he issued to his colleagues for adhering to a specific dress code.

The health ministry has filed a departmental case against the Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital director Prof Dr Uttam Kumar Barua for corruption worth around Tk 6.4 crore in purchasing medical equipment.

An assistant sub-inspector of Rangpur police was sent to jail today after he was arrested in a case filed over gang-rape of a ninth grader, said police.

A nationwide study found that 63 percent of men -- from both urban and rural areas -- agreed that “wives can be hit if they deny to have sex with their husbands” while another 62 percent believed that “there are times when wives deserve to be beaten.”

A Dhaka court today granted ad-interim bail to suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Bazlur Rashid, in connection with a case filed for amassing Tk 3.08 crore beyond known sources of income.

A structure made of local materials at Dinajpur’s Rudrapur village has been selected for an international architecture award. Anandaloy, an eye-catching construction made out of natural resources such as mud and bamboo situated in Biral upazila, some 25kms away from Dinajpur district town, was named winner of the Obel Award 2020 on October 21.

The University Grants Commission with the help of independent experts will review a software developed to conduct admission tests online for enrolling first year honours students at public universities under 2020-21 academic session.

Authorities of Dhaka University have decided to halve the development fees of students of the ongoing 2019-2020 academic session.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government is working towards make Bangladesh economically self-dependent so that people can live a life of dignity.

Eid-e-Miladunnabi, the day of birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), will be observed in the country tomorrow with due religious solemnity.

Noted freedom fighter and one of the most prominent communist leaders Haider Anwar Khan Juno died today at a Dhaka hospital. He was 75.

Incidents of extrajudicial killings came down significantly in the country since August as only nine persons were victims of such incidents by this time, rights group Ain O Salish Kendra said today.

Education Minister Dipu Moni today said that the government is considering resuming classes for SSC and HSC examinees for the sake of their preparation.

A Dhaka court today deferred till November 4 the hearing on charge framing against Partha Gopal Banik, a suspended deputy inspector general (prisons) of Sylhet Division, in a case filed over the recovery of Tk 80 lakh from his residence in Dhaka.

A suspended assistant sub-inspector of police was placed on a five-day remand today, after Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) arrested him in connection with Rayhan Ahmed's death, allegedly in police custody, on October 11.