As the world is now keener on natural fibres and eco-friendly products, a French company is thinking of setting up a joint venture in Bangladesh for making jute-based car interior components.

The government is likely to start bringing new private secondary educational institutions under its Monthly Pay Order scheme by a month, Education Minister Dipu Moni said yesterday.

Madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi lost her battle for life last night, five days after she was set ablaze at a madrasa in Feni -- an incident that touched off outrage all over the country.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling alliance will win a thin majority in a general election that starts tomorrow, an average of four opinion polls showed, with a focus on national security appearing to trump concerns over jobs and farm prices.

The United States reiterated that the country would stand by Bangladesh in finding a permanent solution to the Rohingya crisis and reassured that the one million plus forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals have to return home

Some 596 operatives of different outlawed parties yesterday surrendered to Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan by handing over their firearms in Pabna.

Police are yet to make any breakthrough in the investigation into the heinous attack on the Feni madrasa girl on April 6.

The Middle East-bound Bangladeshi workers are finding themselves in a tight spot as they have to pay more than double the airfare which is adding to the already high cost of migration.

At least seven people including a state legislator for India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were killed in two separate attacks yesterday, officials said, days before India begins a general election.

At least five Bangladeshis were among the 12 people killed when a bus crashed into a storm drain in Malaysia's Sepang Sunday night.

The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate officials recovered some 200 gold bars weighing about 23.4kg from two toilets of a Bangladesh Biman Airlines aircraft at Shah Amanat International Airport in the port city yesterday.

The Feni madrasa girl, who was set on fire three days ago over her alleged sexual harassment by a madrasa principal, told physicians that four people were involved in setting fire to her at Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrasa on Saturday.

The Higher Secondary Certificate examinations on 13 subjects under the eight general education boards have been rescheduled due to the observance of holy Shab-e-Barat, said an official.

The surrender of 102 drug lords on February 16 now seems merely an eyewash as the yaba empire in Teknaf remains mostly intact with some of their family members and paid agents taking care of the illegal trade.

Four years ago, a poor family in Kishoreganj dreamt of better days as their eldest son, Sohel Rana, had joined the Fire Service and Civil Defence as a fireman.

A fire broke out at Raozan Thermal Power Plant in Chattogram last night, causing a shutdown of one of its two 210 megawatt units.

A parliamentary body yesterday recommended “relaxed security checks” for MPs and other VIPs at airports of the country and separate queues for their security checks.

Violating the then building rules, Rajuk in December 1996 approved an 18-storey high-rise in Banani, where the FR Tower stands today.

The Feni madrasa student who was set afire on Saturday morning apparently lost the ability to speak while battling for life at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday.

Arifun Nahar gave birth to her 3rd child on December 16 at a private hospital in Dhaka but her baby boy fell sick soon after and eventually died 28 days after birth. The cause of his sudden death was an otherwise harmless bacterium -- Klebsiella pneumoniae -- that turned deadly, possibly in hospital, by being resistant to 15 types of antibiotics.