Indigenous people organised programmes in different districts yesterday demanding adequate steps to protect the rights of indigenous

Police foiled a human chain programme organised by indigenous people in Changhi square area of Khagrachhari town yesterday morning.

Law enforcers claim the biggest haul of contraband yaba tablets in drives through Dhaka and Chittagong and detains three persons in this connection.

Unidentified criminals assaulted Badal Pramanik, secretary of transport workers' association of Natore, at Kanaikhali in the town yesterday afternoon. Agitated

An abducted schoolgirl was rescued from Banbhasa village in Sadar upazila of the district yesterday.

Over 10,000 people of four villages of Nilganj union in Kalapara upazila under the district are suffering a lot as the bridge on Ural canal has became unusable after a few wooden sleeppers of it broke under the pressure of a paddy-laden improvised van on Friday. Seven people received minor injuries due to the accident. Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) constructed the bridge with iron structure and wooden slippers in 1992-93 fiscal year to ease communication from Uttar Nilganj, Faridganj, Naubhanga and Nilganj villages to Kalapara upazila headquarters.

The government today directed educational institutions to stop collecting hiked fees from students as most private schools in Dhaka have increased the fees by a huge margin.

A Supreme Court lawyer has challenged the legality of the ongoing strike enforced by teachers of public universities across the country demanding the removal of “discrimination in salaries”.

Autopsy reports say the Narayanganj 5-murder victims died of head injuries.

A gang of extortionists attacked a shop named Talukder Cloth Store in Bazar road area in Barguna district town and looted Tk 5 lakh from there yesterday. The gang also attacked the residence of Md Shahjada Talukder, owner of the shop.

Tea workers of Habiganj chase away a muscle showdown of Chunarughat upazila chairman and block a highway for nearly three hours protesting a special economic zone in the area.

Suchitra Sen had dominated the silver screen, mostly in Kolkata and briefly in Mumbai, for three decades, beginning in the '50s and

Renowned poet Rafiq Azad is admitted to the ICU of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in Dhaka following a stroke.

An unidentified youth was found murdered at Chawkgupinathpur village in sadar upazila of the district yesterday morning.

Tarique Ahmed, the newly elected mayor of Rohanpur Municipality in Gomostapur upazila of the district, was sent to jail yesterday.

Students of Angaridaha Government Primary School in Fulchari upazila of the district have been attending classes under the open sky for

Teachers of all 37 public universities observe the fourth day of their indefinite strike protesting the “government inaction” on addressing their demand for removing the “pay disparity” with bureaucrats.

Ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma River resumed after three hours of disruption caused by dense fog yesterday morning.

Abdul Khaleque Maksuda High School in Mymensingh's Ishwarganj upazila has been facing an acute classroom shortage for years. Established in 1999, the school has around 700 students, including 400 female students, but only five classrooms.

A section of local people are building closures and removing water with power pumps to catch fish in different canals of mangrove forest areas in coastal islands under the district, causing harm to the bio-diversity there.