Pabna University of Science and Technology (PUST) newly appointed vice chancellor Dr. S M Abdul-Awal arranges a view exchange meeting with Dr. Alex Webb; a professor of the plant sciences department, University of Cambridge. The meeting was held on Thursday (September...

Mahmudur Rahman, the former acting editor of the Amar Desh newspaper, has been ordered to jail by the court in connection with the case involving the attempted abduction and murder of Sheikh Hasina's son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy. On Sunda...

Environment, Forests and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan today (September 29) said the use of polythene shopping bags must be banned to protect future generations. Initiatives will be taken to ban the use of polythene ba...

Former DUCSU Vice President Sultan Mohammad Mansur Ahmed has been detained. Early Monday (September 30), after returning from Canada, he was taken into custody by DB (Detective Branch) police from the immigration section at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airpo...

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has ordered a freeze on the bank accounts of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, daughter Saima Wazed Hossain Putul and her sister Sheikh Rehana's son Radwan Mujib Siddique Bobby.

Six members of a family have died in a fire that broke out at an Ashrayan Project house in Sunamganj's Dharmapasha upazila. The victims were identified as Emarul, 50, his wife Pori Aktar, and their four children: Polash, Farhad, Fa...

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested former lawmaker Abdus Salam Murshedy in Dhaka on Tuesday (October 1) night. The ex-MP for Khulna-4 was apprehended in the Bashundhara Residential Area, the battalion said in a text message....

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has opposed the idea of banning the Awami League from participating in the upcoming national election, despite describing the party as "politically bankrupt" and out of touch with the public, especially the youth. In a...

The court has granted bail to Mahmudur Rahman, the former acting editor of the newspaper Amar Desh, who was convicted in a case involving the abduction and murder conspiracy of Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the son of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Heavy rains and landslides caused flash floods in several parts of Sherpur and Mymensingh. At least 113 villages in Sherpur's Nalitabari, Sreebardi, and Jhenaigati upazilas and 50 villages in Mymensingh's Dhobaura were inundated. Bhogai and Chellakhali dams are breaki...