A housewife has been stabbed to death at home in Dhaka’s Kamrangirchar area.

Nine days after a boat capsized in Padma river, police recovered the bodies of university student Sadia Islam Suchona and her cousin Rimon from the river in Rajshahi, police said.

Victims of the 2012 tragic fire at Tazreen Fashions yesterday demanded exemplary punishment of those responsible for the gruesome fire and casualties.

There are over two hundred species of woodpeckers in the world. The vast majority of these are grouped as “true woodpeckers” with similar features and behaviours. There are, however, two other groups in the woodpecker family: the strange-looking Wrynecks and the diminutive Piculets.

Fuchka would make it on even the shortest list of the most popular Bangladeshi street foods. The spicy-savoury delight can be found at major street corners of every city, and even in district towns and suburban areas.

Fahim Hasan, a student of Chattogram College, uses face mask whenever he goes out. But every time he is outside, he sees a large number of people on roads and public transports ignoring health guidelines amid the pandemic.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have arrested the key suspect in a case filed over the murder of a woman and her son in Chandgaon of Chattogram city.

Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested a man accused in 29 cases filed with different police stations of Chattogram.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen will fly for Kuwait tomorrow to attend the funeral of Kuwait’s Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who breathed his last on Tuesday.

Expressing concern over mobilisation of Myanmar army in the border area, BNP yesterday asked the government to take initiative for inter-regional diplomacy.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a non-governmental organisation that champions press freedom around the world, has asked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to arrange for the immediate and unconditional release of journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol.

A man accused in 29 cases filed with different police stations of Chattogram has been arrested from the port city.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members have arrested the key suspect in a case filed over the murder of a woman and her son in Chandgaon of Chattogram city.

A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to Prothom Alo Editor and Publisher Matiur Rahman and nine others in a case filed over the death of Naimul Abrar Rahat, a ninth-grader of Dhaka Residential Model College.

Police arrested two persons including a Chhatra League leader after a woman filed a case against them with Mirpur Police Station on charges of rape and abetting it.

At least 975 women were raped across the country in the last nine months from January and 161 rape incidents took place last month, said rights organisation Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) in a report yesterday.

The High Court yesterday directed Green Line Paribahan to give Tk 20 lakh more in compensation to Russel Sarker, who lost his leg after a bus of the company ran him over in April 2018.

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday sent a legal notice to the government, requesting it to form a high-powered inquiry committee in three days to probe the violation of fundamental rights of the children in the three Child Development Centres of the country, meant for underage convicts of crimes.

Wife of an additional superintendent of police (Addl SP) yesterday brought allegation of torture against her husband for dowry.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called for focusing on “future sustainability” while making investment as she placed a four-point proposal to save the planet from the adverse impacts of climate change.