The managing director of Sylhet Gas Fields Ltd (SGFL) was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his residential quarters in Sylhet's Jaintiapur upazila yesterday.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed the principal of a madrasa and one of his cohorts on a five-day remand each, while another was sent to Juvenile Correction Centre kidnapping and murdering an eight-year-old student in Demra for ransom.

Rabeya boarded a launch for the first time when she was eight. As she arrived in Dhaka from Barishal, her grandmother abandoned her. Thus began Rabeya's life as a victim of sex exploitation.

“I am dying…visit me at the hospital if you can,” were the final words he uttered to his mother, Halima Begum, over phone on the very day he was critically injured during the FR Tower rescue operation.

Four members of a family suffered burn injuries as criminals set fire to a house at Lochonpur village in Narsingdi's Raipura upazila early yesterday.

Bangladesh Bus Owners Association yesterday filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking stay on a High Court order that asked Green Line Paribahan to pay Tk 50 lakh to Russell Sarker as compensation.

Singapore's leader insisted yesterday his government's proposed fake news laws were a "step forward" in fighting online falsehoods after they sparked criticism from press freedom groups and tech giants.

Human Rights Watch yesterday urged Washington to withhold its endorsement of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah's bid to extend his rule beyond the end of his second term in 2022.

An Australian teenager lauded worldwide for egging a far-right senator who made offensive comments about the Christchurch mosque attacks was let off with a police caution for the incident yesterday.

Protesters descended on the Chinese embassy in Manila yesterday to oppose the Asian superpower's growing sway in the Philippines and as tensions rise over Beijing's presence in the disputed South China Sea.

An explosion near two schools in the rebel-held Yemeni capital killed 14 children and wounded 16, the UN said yesterday, but the cause of the weekend blast remains unclear.

A murder suspect was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Chattogram city's Bakalia area yesterday.

Primary and mass education ministry has raised the minimum qualification from HSC-degree to graduation for the female candidates for assistant teacher and headmaster posts.

The family planning directorate has been suffering from manpower crisis as large number of post have remained vacant for the last couple years thanks to the procrastination of different government bodies related to the recruitments.

The High Court yesterday directed the government to deploy police at the mango orchards in Rajshahi region to prevent spraying of toxic chemicals on mangoes.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday again directed deputy commissioners (DCs) to stay in their official residences with their families.

Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar pushed on with his assault on Tripoli yesterday, defying international calls for a ceasefire days into a battle that has left dozens dead.

The owner of the Suprobhat Paribahan bus yesterday confessed to a magistrate that the conductor, as instructed by him, was at the wheel when the vehicle ran over and killed university student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury on Pragati Sarani last month.

For four years, Rajuk has been silent on reported incidents of building approvals with forged signatures of the architects concerned, said the president of Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB) at a press conference yesterday.

Recently, Sisnabi Mondol, a farmer in Dinajpur's Chirirbandar upazila, has sold his Aman paddy at Tk 600 per maund, whereas the rate was Tk 720 when the harvest season began in December.