UNB: The body of a boatman was fished out of the Buriganga river at Bashpatti in Keraniganj early Wednesday, nearly four hours after he went missing, said police. The deceased was identified... Read more

Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) held a seminar titled “Right to Information (RTI) Act in Investigative Journalism” on Saturday. Some 30 reporters from newspapers, televisions and online news por... Read more

UNB, Thakurgaon: Forced by poverty, a day labour Matiur Rahman, 46, from Baliadangi upazila of Thakurgaon, has decided to sell his seven-month-old baby girl Sammi to arrange money to run his... Read more

UNB: Wasfia Nazreen has become the first Bangladeshi to scale Pakistan’s K2, the second-highest mountain in the world. The 39-year-old Wasfia completed this mission with 11 other summi... Read more

UNB: Passengers will no longer be allowed to travel on top of trains in Bangladesh. In a landmark order aimed at curbing the menace, the High Court (HC) on Thursday asked the railway authori... Read more

Bangladesh authorities must thoroughly and swiftly investigate the disappearance and death of journalist Hasibur Rahman Rubel, determine if he was killed for his work, and hold any perpetrat... Read more

Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary, Dhaka: The comparatively short Eid vacation and the ban on motorcycles on the highways resulted in high demand for public transport before Eid. Taking advantage of th... Read more

Bangladesh News Desk: People of south-western districts residing in Dhaka and its adjacent areas have joined the Eid rush for village homes to celebrate the festival with relatives. Earlier,... Read more

Asif Showkat Kallol, Dhaka: The tanners have planned to buy hides and skins of the sacrificial animals at lower prices defying a commerce ministry guideline to this end, a commerce ministry... Read more

BSS: Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) is set to begin special bus service from Monday with the view to easing the movement of homebound people for celebrating Eid-ul-azha with th... Read more

Bangladesh Railway started selling advance train tickets on Friday (July 1) morning on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. Selling advance train tickets will continue till July 5. Tickets will be s... Read more

Tomorrow (July 1) is the sixth anniversary of the horrendous attack on Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan of the capital. On this day in 2016, five militants equipped with firearms, bombs and m... Read more

The incessant rain has started in Assam and West Bengal, which will cause onrush of upstream water to Bangladesh through Brahmaputra and Teesta rivers. According to the flood forecasting and... Read more

The home of Bayezid Talha, who has been arrested for removing nuts and bolts from a railing of Padma Bridge, in Patuakhali was vandalised on Monday. A group of people chanting slogans of Ban... Read more

UNB: Around 400 houses across four villages of Shahjadpur upazila in Sirajganj have been gulped by the Jamuna river in the past one week, officials said on Friday. “Some 400 houses, includin... Read more

Bangladesh News Desk: Chinese Embassy to Bangladesh have reached out to the flood-hit destitute at various places of Kishoreganj and Sylhet. The high officials of the mission teamed up with... Read more

UNB: People in several flood-affected areas of Kurigram district are crying for relief as authorities scramble to help over two lakh stranded survivors even a week after the natural disaster... Read more

Bangladesh News Desk: Some 40,000 people in four unions of Roumari upazila under Kurigam district have been marooned due to flash flood caused by heavy rains and onrush of hilly water. The f... Read more