Dhaka: A court here today convicted and sentenced house help Surovi Akter to death in a case filed over the brutal murder of housewife Afroza Begum and domestic worker Diti in the capital’s Dhanmondi area in 2019. Tawhida Akter, Judge of the 7th Addit…
Khulna: Farmers in the district agricultural region have already completed 96 percent of the targeted Boro paddy planting for the current season, marking a significant step toward strengthening the country’s food security. Md. Rafiqul Islam, Additiona…
Dhaka: Twelve platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed in and around the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Bhaban area to ensure tight security ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected Members of Parliament (MPs) and members of the…
Khulna: Farmers in the Khulna agricultural region have completed transplantation of Boro rice seedlings on 96 percent of the targeted land area for the current Rabi season.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, Department of Agricultural Extensi…
Sunamganj: Advocate Md. Abdul Hamid has been elected president and Advocate Humayun Kabir general secretary of the Sunamganj District Bar Association following its annual election held on Monday. Voting took place at the Bar Association office from 9:…
Natore: A 65-year-old woman suffered burn injuries in an acid attack by some miscreants in Gurudaspur upazila of Natore district early Sunday. The victim was identified as Halima Begum, mother of union parishad member Chameli Begum.
According to Uni…
Dhaka: In poetry, home is rarely just a building. It can be a place, a memory, a feeling of belonging, a cultural root, or even a state of mind. American poet Robert Frost gives one of the most quoted definitions of home: ‘Home is the place where, whe…
Dhaka: The interim government headed by Prof Muhammad Yunus has been formally dissolved with the formation of the newly elected government under the leadership of BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman. A gazette notification issued by the Cabinet Division this …
Dhaka: Dhaka, the densely populated capital of Bangladesh, ranked third among the world’s most polluted cities on Monday morning, recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 248 at 8:11 am. Today, the city’s air was classified as ‘very unhealthy’, indicat…