In a blow to citizen morale, Barishal City Corporation has placed lowest in the evaluation of annual performance contracts under the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives (LGRD).

The prosecution yesterday concluded arguments and sought capital punishment for all five accused in blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu murder case.

A schoolgirl was stabbed to death allegedly by a stalker inside an abandoned house in Savar’s Dakkhin Para area on Sunday night.

Chandni Ghat, Clocktower of Ali Amjad, Kean Bridge, Sarada Hall and Circuit House -- all stand side by side on Surma riverbank, and together symbolise present-day Sylhet city.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that granted anticipatory bail to Toufique Imrose Khalidi, editor-in-chief of online news portal bdnews24, in a graft case.

After a brief pause, taken to cooperate with government directives and to aid in minimising the spread of Covid-19, British Council has resumed conducting computer-delivered IELTS and paper-based IELTS exams.

Around 40 turtles were found dead on Cox’s Bazar sea beach in mid-July, due to injuries after being entangled in fishing nets, said a fact-finding committee.

A cement clinker laden lighter vessel capsized at the Bay of Bengal near Bhasanchar area yesterday morning.

A youth on Sunday confessed to killing two teen cousins in Rangpur, said police.

A Dhaka court yesterday ordered the authorities concerned to freeze two bank accounts of Sadia Arabi, wife of Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed, in connection with a money laundering case.

The health condition of Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, who has been receiving treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) for Covid-19 infection, deteriorated again tonight.

Former vice president of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) Nurul Haque Nur has been formally released around midnight.

A Dhaka court today placed Abdul Malek, a driver of the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS), on a 14-day remand in two separate cases filed on charges of possessing an illegal firearm and trading fake currencies.

A top official of the Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) has died in a road accident in Dhaka’s Jatrabari.

Customs House at Inland Container Depot (ICD) in Dhaka seized alcoholic beverages from a consignment imported by giving a false declaration.

A Dhaka University student, who was raped in the capital's Kurmitola area, narrated the incident on camera before a Dhaka tribunal today.

A rape case has been filed with Lalbagh Police Station against six people, including vice president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) Nurul Haque Nur.

A Dhaka court has deferred till October 7 the hearing on charge framing against four accused in connection with the killing of Sagira Morshed in the capital 30 years ago.

Suspected muggers shot a businessman and snatched away Tk 8,500 and a gold chain from him in the capital’s Bangshal area last night.

Law enforcers have arrested 12 men and 16 women for “antisocial activities” at a spa and a parlour in Gulshan area of Dhaka.