Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says Bangladesh and India want zero death along Bangladesh-India border but it is happening.

A fire that broke out at a slum in the capital’s Badda area this afternoon was doused after 45 minutes of frantic efforts.

The High Court directs the government to form an anti-ragging committee and squad at all the educational institutions especially the universities and those affiliated colleges across the country in next three months.

One of the four fugitives in Buet student Abrar Fahad killing case is sent to jail after he surrenders to a Dhaka court.

The High Court (HC) has asked the authorities concerned of the government to submit in 90 days a list of encroachers and polluters of Pabna’s Ichamati river land area.

The first phase of three-day Biswa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim congregation after the Hajj, ends on the banks of the Turag River in Gazipur's Tongi with Akheri Munajat seeking spiritual well-being and welfare of the Muslim Ummah.

Rapid Action Battalion says a suspected drug peddler was killed in a gunfight in front of the counter in Shohagh Paribahan in Dhaka’s Malibagh Railgate area.

Despite public and private initiatives, violence against women continues to escalate, which indicates a failure of the state and society, said activists of Naripokkho, a women’s rights platform.

The government is going to identify “outstanding” recruiting agents based on their track record under a new monitoring mechanism -- aiming to efficiently promote human resource export.

Demonstrating students yesterday marched to the crime scene in the capital’s Kurmitola, demanding a speedy trial to ensure justice for the Dhaka University student who was raped on January 5.

With the by-polls to Chattogram-8 (Boalkhali-Chandgaon) set to be held tomorrow, BNP is expressing doubts whether the election will be free and fair.

Bangladesh Bank has issued a circular directing authorities of the scheduled banks to ensure maternity leave of six months for their female staff.

Alarmed by the growing incidents of rape in the country, Jatiya Oikyafront leader Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday urged people to forge a movement to ensure people’s security and establish the rule of law.

Ailing Textile and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi, who is currently admitted to the capital’s Asgar Ali Hospital due to pneumonia, will be taken to Singapore for better treatment today.

Mayoral and councillor candidates for the two Dhaka city corporations polls spent a busy day yesterday trying to woo prospective voters.

Advocate Ahmed Ali, a Liberation War organiser and first administrator of greater Cumilla (Brahmanbaria, Chandpur and Cumilla), died at a Dhaka hospital early yesterday. He was 97.

Customs officials yesterday seized 40 gold bars at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

With a view to enabling people to access different government services including utility bills and fees payment facilities through digital means, Access to Information (a2i) introduced eight major digital public services and platforms last year.

Health and Family Planning Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday said night blindness rate is below 1 percent in the country due to regular administering of Vitamin A capsules.

Six days into a battery-run auto-rickshaw driver’s murder in Narayanganj, another driver was found killed in the district yesterday.