I often write about rare or interesting birds (or wildlife) I have encountered. If you read my column you might think I find them on every trip or outing.

Police recovered the body of Mehedi Hasan Jishan (35), an engineer, from the Dhaleshwari river in Munshiganj yesterday noon. This comes after he went missing four days ago after falling from a trawler in the Buriganga river at Baktabali area in Narayanganj.

This is pretty much what Shahin Alam heard, when he arrived at Karwan Bazar in search of work.

A motorcyclist was killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Nurpur area under Bhanga upazila in Faridpur yesterday, reports our Faridpur correspondent.

Various cold-related ailments have affected 5,863 people across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am yesterday, according to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday said Bangladesh will be benefitted economically if the country permits India, Bhutan, and Nepal to use its ports.

Authorities at Sylhet Agricultural University halted recruitment tests scheduled for yesterday and today, amidst protests by students and staff.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday busted a fake currency-manufacturing factory in the capital’s Dhanmondi.

Stating that there is no room for autocracy in independent Bangladesh, Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said people must take risks to protect democracy.

The ruling Awami League-backed four councillor candidates, including two for reserved women seats, have already been elected unopposed in the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) elections scheduled for January 30.

Fire breaks out at a readymade garment factory in Konabari area of Gazipur city.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says communalism is the main impediment to building a Sonar Bangla dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, while BNP is a patron of communalism.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members claim to have busted a factory of manufacturing fake currency in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area.

Police claims to have arrested five persons including four alleged rapists in connection with a case filed for gang-rape of a 13-year-old girl in Kamrangirchar area of Dhaka last night.

The returning officers allot electoral symbols to the mayoral candidates for contesting elections to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pays rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the Homecoming Day of the great leader.

The first phase of Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, begins on the banks of the Turag River in Gazipur's Tongi after Fazr prayers.

A grand reception programme was organised for newly admitted students of East West University (EWU) at the courtyard of the EWU campus in Aftabnagar, Dhaka on Sunday.

Over twenty thousand street dogs of Barishal city will be administer anti-rabies vaccine starting today. The drive will continue till January 14.

Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Ainjibi Forum (BJAF), a body of pro-BNP lawyers, yesterday demanded that the government suspend the jail sentence of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and release her for treatment at home or abroad.