Agartala, Sep 8 : Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawans detained five minor Bangladeshi nationals from the runway of Agartala airport and subsequently sent them to a juvenile home.

DHAKA -- Bangladesh received US$957.9 million in remittances from workers overseas in August, up 2.4 percent from a year earlier, central bank data shows.

Bangladesh and India will soon sign a protocol to protect the riverine Sunderbans that covers parts of both the South Asian neighbours. Sunderbans is home to famous Royal Bengal tiger.

which has infected nearly 300 people and killed about 150 cattle in the north of the country in the past two weeks.The outbreak was first detected on August 19 in Sirajganj district, 150 km (90 miles)...

Shah Alam Chunnu, Wazirpur upazila Jubo Dal secretary, has been killed allegedly by the cadres of a rival faction.Solaiman, a Jubo Dal activist and younger brother of the victim, blamed Ahmedul Kabir ...

Livestock officials check buffalos on a Dhaka-bound truck at the entrance of Bangabandhu Jamuna Bridge in Sirajganj district as the government has announced a red alert following detection of anthrax ...

At least 3,108 civil and criminal cases are pending with Noakhali district Judges Court, as posts of six Judges still remain vacant. Public Prosecutor of the district judges court ATM Mohib Ullah said...

A BNP activist was shot dead allegedly by a gang of armed robbers at Gopalpur in Mujibnagar upazila of Meherpur early yesterday. The victim was identified as Azim Uddin Babu, 30, son of Arshad Ali of ...

A house built on the grabbed portion of Navaganga River in Jhenidah town, below, a man puts a signboard claiming ownership of a part of the riverbank. Photo: STAR

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) has started special steamer services on Dhaka-Barisal-Khulna routes for the homebound passengers on the occasion of Eid for 11-day from September ...

Ten people went missing as a trawler capsized in the Padma at Mangalmajhi ghat in Jajira upazila of the district yesterday morning. Sources said a Shariatpur-bound trawler from Mawa with about 100 pas...

Hizla police in Barisal are yet to receive the court order asking them to submit the probe reports on the deaths of three infants within hours after being injected with measles vaccine. Mrittunjoy Mis...

Power hungry people barricaded Panchagarh-Dhaka highway yesterday afternoon for about three hours at Dhakkamara village under Sadar upazila in Panchagarh. During the barricade from 2.00pm to 5.00pm, a...

Movement of goods-laden trucks through the Daulatdia-Paturia river route will remain prohibited for several days apparently to avoid traffic jam at the terminals during and after Eid holidays.However,...

A housewife was killed while another allegedly committed suicide on Monday and the day before in Magura and Sherpur district.A housewife was killed allegedly by her husband for dowry at Abalpur villag...

Five shops and 12 houses were gutted in two incidents of fire on Wednesday in Habiganj and Lalmonirhat districts. Five shops were gutted in a fierce fire at Katiadi Bazaar in Bahubal upazila of Habiga...

At least 15 people were injured as the people of two villagers in Chatmohar upazila clashed over a trivial matter yesterday. Police and locals said the trouble began following an altercation between M...

The workers of Talukder Pipe and Plastic at Rajerhat on the outskirts of Jessore town vandalsed the unit and set fire to it on Monday evening as the authorities did not pay heed to their demand for Ei...

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested an extortionist with firearms at Hazratpur Dhalikandi village under Keraniganj Model Police Station early yesterday. The arrestee is Jasim Uddin Bhuiyan a...

Police launched a campaign, distributing safety leaflets, in a bid to curb crime during Eid holidays in the city.Police planned the campaign as most of the city dwellers are leaving for their village ...

The global community can save millions of lives by investing first in the most disadvantaged children and communities, says a new Unicef study released yesterday. The study was presented in two public...

International Literacy Day 2010 will be observed in the country as elsewhere over the world today.President Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday issued separate messages on the occ...

Admission tests for the first year honours courses for the third academic session 2010-11 in Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur will begin from December 11, and registration of admission forms online fr...

Saiful Islam, left, and Ruhul Amin Raju, right, were arrested on Monday night on charge of murdering schoolboy Ashraf Hossain Babu, inset. Photo: Star

The paddy plants, sowed for short-term cultivation to fight seasonal monga from October through November, have been showing likelihood of a production boom in Rangpur division this year, officials say...

A man was detained yesterday at his house in Ranibazar in connection with the burglary at Rajshahi bureau offices of five private television channels a day before.Police picked up Habibullah Sayeed al...

Six people were killed and 56 others injured in separate road accidents in Thakurgaon, Comilla, Munshiganj, Jessore and Mymensingh yesterday.Our Correspondent from Thakurgaon reports: A youth was kill...

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) expelled its five activists for extortion in the town. The activists were identified as Rakib Hossain Lotus, Bappi, Sajib, Mir Shadath Hossain Rubel and Juwel. The deci...

New Nation DeskHalf million vaccines are on the way to Bangladesh, sent from the US, to treat humans and livestock infected with the bacterial disease anthrax.The disease has been spreading in the nor...

The rape took place on 2 September in an Islamic school in Madaripur District (Dhaka). Abbas Ali, the teacher who perpetrated the deed against the girl, is still on the run. The parents of the 11-year...

Dhaka, Sep 7 : A Bangladesh Army officer, returning from India after medical treatment, has been caught with bottles of a banned medicinal drug.

DHAKA (AFP) – Bangladesh's president has pardoned 20 death-row prisoners four years after they were sentenced for the murder of a then-ruling party activist, a prison official said Tuesday. ...