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Columnist Rafiqul Islam argues that Islamic culture, grounded in faith, prophecy and the hereafter, is essential to forming morally upright Muslims and that artists and cultural workers are vital to an Islamic revival.
RAJSHAHI — Tests have ruled out measles in 29 of 30 children who died this year with measles-like symptoms at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, the head of the pediatric department said.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he could take Iran's oil and seize Kharg Island, the country's largest oil terminal, in remarks to the Financial Times and reporters aboard Air Force One.
TEHRAN — Iranian parliament member Alaeddin Boroujerdi said a new parliamentary plan to manage the Strait of Hormuz will be approved "as soon as possible," with transit tolls and a ban on unauthorized passage…
PANCHAGARH — Sadar upazila BNP chief Abu Daud Pradhan said a viral video showing him unlocking a closed Awami League office was edited to discredit him, and that he was unaware of what others…
PANCHAGARH — All 38 candidates who appeared for a Tetulia upazila village police hiring test were rejected after none could correctly write out the national anthem, officials said.
PANCHAGARH — The historic Patheraj river of Boda upazila, dug under late president Ziaur Rahman's canal excavation drive, has dried into a dead channel, leaving farmers reliant on costly deep tube wells.
PANCHAGARH — National Citizen Party northern region chief coordinator Sarjis Alam accused the BNP of launching the new parliament in violation of the July charter by accepting a deputy speaker position from the ruling…
PANCHAGARH — A passenger bus lost control and overturned after striking a roadside mango tree in Debiganj upazila, leaving two passengers injured, police said.
A Dhaka court on Monday granted a six-day remand of dismissed Lt. Col. Md. Afzal Naser for questioning in a murder case stemming from the July uprising in Mirpur, in which Delwar Hossain was…
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman met opposition leader Dr. Shafiqur Rahman in his parliamentary secretariat office on Monday. The two leaders spoke for about 20 minutes after standing side by side at a funeral prayer…
A joint security operation in Gaibandha’s Fulchhari upazila has detained a local BNP leader and seized four ram-das, a Chinese hatchet and a large knife from his home, police said.
The Sundarganj upazila administration in Gaibandha has recovered about four tonnes of illegally hoarded Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) rice from a home and formed a three-member inquiry committee, officials said.
A storm in Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj upazila has damaged more than 300 homes and educational institutions and cut power to hundreds of families, local officials said.
An overnight fire in Gaibandha’s Saghata upazila burned a cattle shed to the ground, killing two imported cows and causing about 400,000 taka in damage, the affected family said.
Police in Gaibandha’s Palashbari have arrested a man on suspicion of murdering his wife, whose body was found with her throat cut at a rented home, officials said.
A tractor lost control and overturned in a rice field while trying to flee an administrative raid in Gaibandha’s Sadullapur, smashing a chicken coop along the way, officials said.
Maize cultivation in the river-island char lands of Gaibandha has reshaped the district’s agricultural economy, becoming one of its most profitable crops and improving farmers’ lives, officials and growers say.
Former students in Thakurgaon’s Baliadangi upazila gave their retiring head teacher a flower-decked sendoff on Valentine’s Day, escorting him home in an open-roof microbus followed by more than 100 motorcycles.
An assistant sub-inspector with Pirganj police station collapsed and died of a heart attack while attempting to arrest a suspect under a warrant, police said.
At least four people were injured when supporters of the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami clashed in Thakurgaon's Ranisankail upazila over the president's address to parliament, police said.
Long-distance buses have begun using Thakurgaon's central bus terminal after BNP Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir urged transport owners to comply, easing chronic congestion in the district town.
Farmers in Lalmonirhat's Aditmari upazila say a syndicate controlling the fertilizer market is forcing them to pay double the official price while government-allocated supplies are diverted to the black market.
Five thousand metric tonnes of diesel from India's Numaligarh refinery in Assam reached the Parbatipur railhead depot in Dinajpur through a cross-border pipeline, the depot manager said.
A Dhaka-bound sleeper bus struck a parked sand-laden truck on the Dinajpur-Gobindaganj highway, killing two people and injuring at least six, police said.
An Eidgah mosque dating back 422 years in Dinajpur's Birganj upazila draws visitors from home and abroad and remains in use for prayers, its caretaker said.
A faction of the banned Awami League laid a wreath at a Shaheed Minar in Netrokona's Purbadhala upazila to mark Language Martyrs' Day, drawing a heightened police presence in the area.
The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested Kamal Chandra Adhikari, accused of killing his sister-in-law over a land dispute three-and-a-half months ago in Rangpur's Gangachara, police said.
A father in Netrokona has filed an affidavit disowning his son for remaining active in the banned Chhatra League, according to the document.
If the verdict of the referendum is not implemented, the people will not stand by any government, NCP member-secretary and Rangpur-4 MP Akhtar Hossain said in Kaunia.
A clash between NCP and BNP activists over a Facebook post in Kurigram's Rajarhat upazila left a former Chhatra Dal leader seriously injured Sunday night.
Residents of Pairaband in Rangpur's Mithapukur upazila want the remains of women's rights pioneer Begum Rokeya brought from Kolkata and buried at her birthplace.
Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Md. Delwar Hossain visited the family home of former water resources minister Ramesh Chandra Sen, where his widow Anjali Rani Sen broke down in tears.
A Kurigram man says a Rangpur deputy education director agreed to take 15 lakh taka to list teachers under the MPO scheme, then had him arrested when he brought less than promised.
At least seven people were injured in a clash between two groups over a government-recorded road in Pirgachha upazila of Rangpur.
Workers raised the national and Awami League flags at the party's banned office in Pirganj, prompting a Chhatra Dal protest march and vandalism.
Police have arrested the main suspect in the gang rape of a young woman lured with a promise of marriage in Kurigram's Kachakata thana area.
Two truck drivers were killed when their vehicles collided head-on early Friday morning in Rangpur's Taraganj upazila, police said.
The July Charter is not the agenda of any single party but of the people of Bangladesh, National Citizen Party leader Sarjis Alam said.
A row over small meat portions and foul-smelling rice at a Bangladeshi wedding reception spiraled into a brawl, injuring at least 15 people, including the bride's younger sister.
A video of Rangpur District Administrator Enamul Ahsan addressing a minister as 'sir' more than 50 times in a brief two-minute speech has gone viral, drawing criticism on social media.
At least four leaders and activists were injured in a clash between BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami members in Thakurgaon's Ranisankail upazila late Friday.
Police in Thakurgaon's Haripur upazila have arrested a Jubo Dal leader on charges of snatching answer scripts and documents from a college recruitment exam.
Rangpur-2 MP ATM Azharul Islam warned that no brokers or middlemen will be permitted to operate around police stations to harass ordinary people.
A 65-year-old man was killed in a clash over a property boundary in Netrakona's Madan upazila on Sunday.
Amid a fuel supply crunch in Thakurgaon, a groom was presented with five liters of octane as a wedding gift, drawing both laughter and approval from guests.
A sudden rise in stray dog attacks in Netrakona's Kendua upazila left at least 20 people injured in a single day Sunday, with most victims children and teenagers.
Deputy Speaker of Parliament Kaiser Kamal will celebrate Eid ul-Fitr in his Netrakona-1 constituency, with a packed schedule of prayers, meetings and community visits planned.
Lightning strikes at two separate locations in Netrakona district killed two people Friday, including a young laborer and a farmer.
Krishna Hajong, an indigenous day laborer from Durgapur upazila, has returned home after a successful kidney transplant funded by Deputy Speaker and Netrokona-1 MP Kaiser Kamal. His mother donated one of her kidneys to…
Police in Netrokona's Barhatta upazila seized a covered van carrying smuggled Indian saris and other textiles after it crashed into a tree on Thursday. Two people, including the driver, were detained.
A 25-year-old man died of electric shock while pumping water for fishing in Netrokona's Atpara upazila on Monday night, police said.
A passenger bus boarding a ferry at Daulatdia ghat in Rajbari fell into the Padma River on Wednesday afternoon. Two women have been confirmed dead and 45 passengers remain missing, officials said.
Police in Chougachha upazila of Jashore detained a day laborer, Mahidul Islam, without any case against him, his family said. The arresting officer said Islam's offense was that he had been an Awami League…
A discussion meeting was held at Chougachha upazila in Jashore on Wednesday to mark Genocide Day. Speakers included local Jamaat-e-Islami and BNP leaders and journalists.
A mobile court in Chougachha upazila in Jashore sentenced four men to 10 days in jail and fined them 100 taka each for using cannabis, officials said.
A group reopened the abandoned Awami League office in Parbatipur upazila of Dinajpur on Wednesday, chanting Joy Bangla and distributing sweets. Police arrested four people, officials said.
Social Welfare Minister Dr. A.Z.M. Zahid Hossain said some people were spreading fake news to confuse the public about the Family Card programme, a priority project of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.
Subrata Roy, 30, was found with his throat slashed at his in-laws' home in Dinajpur's Kaharole upazila on Sunday. Police are investigating whether he killed himself after attacking his wife and mother-in-law or was…
Social Welfare Minister Dr. A.Z.M. Zahid Hossain said the Bangladesh Nationalist Party is built on the ideals of Shaheed Zia and believes in democracy and empowering people. He spoke Thursday while distributing food, tin…