The water level of the Jamuna River crossed the danger level (DL-16.73) at the Mathurapara point and is flowing 3cm above the danger level in Bogura’s Sariakandi upazila today due to heavy rainfall.

Around 30 thousand families of nearly 100 chars, islands and villages of the river basins in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram districts remained stranded and in waterlogged conditions as a result of the ongoing flood, as the water of the Dharla River flowed 39cm above danger level.

After several days of a dispute centering the eviction of an indigenous community in Madhupur in Tangail, the community’s people and the forest department reached a consensus to resolve the issue.

A Kushtia court yesterday sent four people, including a local union parishad (UP) chairman to jail in connection with a case for embezzling government rice.

Even before the trees are fully matured to bear fruits, a young entrepreneur has fully recovered his investment of Tk 9 lakh by just selling tree saplings of Saudi Arabian dates.

Hundreds became homeless in the last seven days as houses belonging to at least 200 families were lost to the Teesta river in Rangpur’s Gangachara upazila -- an area prone to the river’s erosion.

A parliamentary standing committee has recommended enlisting coconut products -- coco-peat, coir fibre, basket, and mattress -- as exportable agricultural items since the country produces a huge amount of coconuts.

The Dhaka University student, who had filed two separate cases against former Ducsu vice-president Nurul Haque Nur and few others with Lalbagh Police Station and Kotwali Police Station, today filed a case against eight respondents, a Facebook group and over a hundred unidentified people saying they harassed her on social media posts.

A tea stall owner was hacked to death in Bagerhat’s Morrelganj last night. His body was later dumped in a canal.

Forty-two police officials posted in Cox’s Bazar have been transferred out of the district.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to operate two more flights on the Dhaka-Riyadh and Dhaka-Jeddah route on September 29 and 30 for migrant workers who bought tickets for March 18-19 and March 18-20.

The High Court has started hearing on the rule issued more than three years back, questioning the trial proceedings of a case filed over the attack on motorcade of the then opposition leader and now Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Satkhira in 2002.

An e-poster has been published at the initiative of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s Birth Centenary Celebration National Implementation Committee, marking Bangabandhu’s first Bangla speech at the 29th General Assembly of the United Nations on September 25, 1974.

Gas supply will remain shut in Gulshan-1, Gulshan -2, Banani, Natun Bazar, Baridhara and their adjoining areas for three hours from 2:00pm to 5:00pm tomorrow.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police today confirmed that they submitted a charge-sheet against online casino “kingpin” Salim Prodhan and five others including his South Korean associate in a case filed under the Money Laundering Act.

Bangladeshi expatriate workers stuck in the country since March due to the coronavirus pandemic can return to Oman from October 1 as the Middle East nation opens its border to Bangladeshi workers.

Saudi Arabian Airlines will operate six special flights from Dhaka within September 30 -- facilitating the return of Bangladeshi workers to the Gulf country.

A large stash of alcohol was seized and two persons were arrested in a raid at a restaurant in Dhaka's Gulshan last night.

The health condition of Attorney General Mahbubey Alam -- who has been undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka -- remains critical.

The prosecution today completed its arguments and sought highest punishment -- life term imprisonment -- for expelled Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Nur Papia and her husband Mofizur Rahman in an arms case.