A Maldivian medical student, who was featured as a model on the cover of Vouge Magazine last year, was found dead in her room at a dormitory of a private medical college in Rajshahi city yesterday.

The government plans to turn Manpura into a green island by installing solar power systems as part of its scheme to light up remote and off-grid areas through renewable energy and ensure electricity to every house by 2021.

Durreen Shahnaz, a Bangladeshi and founder of Singapore-based impact enterprise Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) and IIX Foundation, has been selected as a 2017 Business for Peace Award honoree for her commitment to promoting an evolved form of capitalism that values both financial returns and positive social and environmental impact.

The director of Rapid Action Battalion's intelligence wing who was hit by splinters in an explosion near a militant den in Sylhet on March 25 was flown back to Dhaka on life support from a Singapore hospital last night.

Another day, another militant hideout. Three to be precise. Hours after the nearly five-day siege at a militant den in Sylhet ended on Tuesday evening, police said they tracked down three more terror hideouts -- two in Sylhet's neighbouring district Moulvibazar and one in Comilla.

Comilla City Corporation goes to polls today amid tight security as the archrivals Awami League and BNP are set to contest the elections.

Four women were killed and at least 15 people went missing as a trawler capsized at Morelganj upazila in Bagerhat yesterday.

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee is expected to take an initiative to break the ice for resolving the long pending water sharing issue during the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to New Delhi on April 7-10.

An inquiry team formed after the recent fire in the Bangladesh Bank headquarters submitted its report to Governor Fazle Kabir yesterday, saying there was no major damage in the incident.

The militants at Atia Mahal were expert bomb makers and the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) found in the Sylhet den were all homemade, investigators have said.

Bangladesh's second ODI against Sri Lanka at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium was abandoned due to incessant rain yesterday

Six Mars rover projects of as many Bangladeshi universities have been selected for the final round of the prestigious global competition University Rover Challenge in the US.

The government is going to install internet monitoring equipment by May next year to help combat militancy amid growing concerns about extremists using the internet to spread their propaganda and communicate amongst themselves.

“I'll request everyone to keep watch on their own children, students and even those in workplaces and try to find out whether anyone has involvement in militancy."

In terms of games to be played, Bangladesh's tour of Sri Lanka is exactly halfway through before today's second ODI at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium gets underway at 3:00pm (Bangladesh time).

Foreign affairs and defence experts and academics at a discussion yesterday raised questions about defence collaboration with India and said a defence pact with the neighbouring country was not necessary as Bangladesh would not be benefited.

Death row convicts Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islam Bangladesh (Huji) chief Mufti Abdul Hannan and his associate Delwar Hossain Ripon yesterday sought presidential clemency.

The upcoming Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) conference in Dhaka offers Bangladesh immense scope for tapping the benefits of parliamentary diplomacy to boost international trade and attract more foreign investment, said IPU President Saber Hossain Chowdhury yesterday.

Two more militants were killed in the army-led operation at Atia Mahal in Sylhet city with the four-day siege to the terrorist hideout drawing to an end yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged those wasting their lives in suicide attacks to return to the right path and assured them of doing whatever necessary to ensure their livelihoods.