Businessman Abu Mohasin Khan who died by suicide in his Dhanmondi apartment on Wednesday night left a note saying that he was swindled out of Tk 5.1 crore by several individuals, said police.

At least 10 miners died in Afghanistan after being trapped underground when a coal mine collapsed in the northern province of Baghlan, an official said yesterday.

United Hospital’s Cancer Center organised a meetup with doctors, technologists, nurses as well as those associated with the centre yesterday, marking World Cancer Day.

Advocate Gazi Saidul Haque, founder president and current adviser of Senior Citizens Welfare Organization located at Sector-4, Uttara, passed away on January 30 at United Hospital, Dhaka.

Prof Maulana Muhammad Salahuddin, khatib of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, died at a city hospital yesterday afternoon. He was 78.

His love for food had just begun turning his life around. After marrying Farhana Islam four months ago, Sifat Rabby Siam and his wife began a new adventure together -- traveling around and reviewing restaurant food from all over the country.

Chirata or Swertia chirayita (Gentianaceae) is a popular medicinal herb, native to regions of temperate Himalayas. The shrubs can be two-three feet long.

The government yesterday announced names of 24 eminent citizens this year for the Ekushey Padak -- the country’s second highest civilian award after Swadhinata Padak -- for contributions in their respective fields.

A ruling party lawmaker, who was accused of occupying the land of a martyred intellectual’s family in Barishal around three weeks ago, is now allegedly trying to evict around a dozen minority families from their ancestral land.

As soon as Samad and I reached the university (February 21), students asked us: “What have you decided?” We said you can take a decision independently.

Nato leaders pursued diplomatic efforts on the Ukraine crisis yesterday after President Vladimir Putin accused the West of trying to draw Russia into a war but left the door open to further talks.

In January 1952, I was the vice-president of the East Pakistan Muslim Chattra League. After Nazimuddin’s speech at Paltan Maidan (January 27, 1952),

A Norway court on Tuesday rejected a request for parole from neo-Nazi Anders Behring Breivik 10 years after he was convicted of killing 77 people in the country’s deadliest peacetime attack.

Ankara yesterday accused Greece of allowing 12 migrants to die in the winter cold after stripping them of their clothes and then pushing them back across the Turkish border.

Three people were killed as a private car rammed into the wheels of a moving train at a level crossing in Dinajpur’s Birampur upazila yesterday morning.

A faction of the country’s petrol pump owners yesterday threatened to go on strike from February 17 across the country if the government does not increase their commission.

A Dhaka tribunal yesterday accepted charges against two people, including “Shishu Bokta” Rafiqul Islam Madani, in a case filed under the Digital Security Case.

A 15-year-old girl was gang-raped in a village of Thakurgaon Sadar early Tuesday, said police.

A Bailey bridge collapsed along with a rice-laden truck in Bandarban’s Rowangchhari upazila around 2:00pm yesterday, killing the driver on the spot.

The holy Shab-e-Meraj will be observed in the country on the night of February 28.