With only three days left for the ban on fishing hilsa to end, fishermen in the district are yet to get rice as assistance from the government.

Customers are yet to reap the benefit of the record fall in the price of lentil in the wholesale hub of Khatunganj in Chattogram as retailers are yet to set their prices to reflect the decreased costs.

Bangla daily Prothom Alo has the highest number of readers among all the national dailies in the country, according to a recent survey. The National Media Survey (NMS)-2018, conducted by Kantar MRB Bangladesh, a research organisation, showed that around 66 lakh people read the print version of the paper daily.

Bangladesh and India yesterday agreed to add two more river ports, including one in Ghorasal, for cargo movement and finalised the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for movement of passenger and cruise vessels between Dhaka and Kolkata and Guwahati and Jorhat via Bangladesh.

Saudi Arabia's crown prince yesterday denounced the "painful" murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and vowed justice would prevail, in his first public comments on the case, without addressing US accusations of a monumental cover-up.

Police yesterday recovered the bullet-hit body of a youth from Leda village in Teknaf of Cox's Bazar.

A Medical board formed to provide necessary treatment to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University yesterday described her condition stable.

Deepening climate change will swell Central American migration to the United States, the region's environment ministers and experts warned Tuesday as a caravan of mostly Honduran migrants trekked towards the US border in defiance of President Donald Trump.

US President Donald Trump launched a fresh assault Tuesday against Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, saying he threatened economic growth and seemed to enjoy raising interest rates.

More than 20 people, mainly Russian football fans, were injured Tuesday when an escalator in a metro station in central Rome collapsed, firefighters said.

Malaysia's former leader Najib Razak and two of his allies will face corruption charges today, as authorities target a growing list of figures linked to the scandal-plagued old regime.

An ancient Greek trading ship dating back more than 2,400 years has been found virtually intact at the bottom of the Black Sea, the world's oldest known shipwreck, researchers said yesterday.

Up to 200,000 coastal people may be forced to migrate annually to the country's inland areas to find alternative livelihoods due to climate change induced salinity and sea level rises, according to a new study.

Bangladesh will not only eye their tenth series win over their once archrivals coming into a potentially series-deciding second of the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe today, they will also want to become a more consistent side at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.

Taslima Begum, wife of one of the four found shot dead in Narayanganj, claimed that her husband Faruk Hossain was in the district's Bhulta Police Camp where she had even given him juice, water and a piece of cake on Saturday night.

A concerted Russian hacking and online disinformation campaign helped tip the 2016 US presidential election toward Donald Trump. Two weeks ahead of midterm congressional elections, Moscow's operatives are at it again.

A video showing on-duty policemen harassing a young woman at a checkpoint in the capital has triggered outrage on social media.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith will retire after his current term and will not run in the upcoming election.

Parliament last night unanimously adopted a thanksgiving motion greeting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for brightening Bangladesh's image globally by winning two international awards, in a four-and-a-half hour long discussion.

Bangla daily Prothom Alo in a statement said yesterday that a rumour was being spread on social media that the paper conducted a survey on barrister Mainul Hosein's objectionable comment about female journalist Masuda Bhatti.