Eid holidaymakers heading for northern districts might get caught in gridlocks on both sides of the Bangabandhu bridge due to the expansion work on a 25km stretch of the Elenga-Rangpur highway.

Japanese researchers have developed computerised chopsticks that enhance salty tastes, potentially helping those who need to reduce sodium in their diets.

Metrorail authorities have installed special buttons in each carriage of the trains to better deal with emergencies and ensure passengers’ safety.

Sri Lanka’s embattled president announced 17 new ministerial appointments yesterday, notably leaving out members of his own family, and expressed regret for his government’s handling of a devastating economic crisis that has led to widespread protests.

A upazila parishad chairman in Gopalpur, Tangail, alleged that he received death threats from the local lawmaker.

A sub-inspector of Sitakunda Model Police Station has been closed for allegedly assaulting an accused’s wife when the SI went to his house to arrest him.

The Padma Multipurpose Bridge Authority has said the country’s biggest bridge is likely to be opened for traffic in June this year as they have already completed 92 percent of its construction works till now.

A glyph representing a day called “7 Deer” on mural fragments dating from the third century BC found inside the ruins of a pyramid in Guatemala marks the earliest-known use of the Maya calendar, one of this ancient culture’s renowned achievements.

The government has decided to not construct any more surface roads in Haor areas.

A woman was tied to a tree and beaten mercilessly by her neighbours yesterday for allegedly stealing bamboo in Habiganj’s Baniachong on Sunday.

A court in Naogaon on Sunday sent the headmaster of Daul Barbakpur High School of Mohadebpur upazila to jail for his role behind the hijab controversy.

A US delegation led by US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad Hussain yesterday visited the Hindu Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Kutupalong.

Police recovered the body of a union parishad member at Gabtoli in Mymensingh’s Muktagachha upazila yesterday.

Police rescued a teenage domestic help from a flat beside Station Road in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal upazila.

An activist of the ruling Awami League was killed in a clash between two factions of the party over a trivial matter in Jhenidah’s Harinakundu upazila yesterday.

The government yesterday said the US human rights (HR) country report “heavily underplayed” Bangladesh’s existing system of accountability over law enforcement agencies while Dhaka remains “intensely engaged” with the UN mechanism and US recommendations to protect human rights.

Rabiul fell to the ground and lost consciousness after a policeman kicked him in the crotch around 10:00pm on Thursday night, said a man who claimed to be among those standing close to the scene.

A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against Mohammad Shahed, chairman of Regent Group, in a case filed against him on the charge of acquiring illegal wealth of Tk 1.69 crore.

More than 20 Israelis and Palestinians were wounded yesterday in several incidents in and around Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, two days after major violence at the site.

Weeks after the first blow of early flash flood, another flood started inundating crops in a haor in Sunamganj yesterday.