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.

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.

Three people were killed in road accidents in two districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police arrested a couple in Khulna for allegedly faking savings certificates worth Tk 9 crore.

Ambassador Rabab Fatima, the permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, has announced that a year-long programme involving the UN will be organised to celebrate the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

On creating a women friendly Dhaka

Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN, Ambassador Rabab Fatima, has urged the UN Security Council to bring an end to crimes against humanity and genocide.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka today for Abu Dhabi on a three-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to attend “Abu Dhabi Sustainable Week”, “Zayed Sustainable Awards Ceremony” and other programmes.

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.