FFs to travel free in buses, trains: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the freedom fighters would be soon allowed to travel free in buses, trains and launches. More

Biggest ever public exams begin
Primary Education Terminal Examination, the newly introduced public exam, began on Saturday for the first time in the country with the participation of around 20 lakh students of class V. More

Manual traffic system to be abolished Sunday
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) is going to abolish the manual traffic system and fully implement the automatic traffic signalling system from Sunday to ease the nagging traffic congestion in the capital. More

14 JMB held in Jhenidah
Police arrested 14 members of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) while they were receiving training from a house at Truck Terminal para in Jhenidah town on Saturday. More

President, PM place wreaths at Shikha Anirban
President Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday paid their deep homage to members of the Armed Forces, who made supreme sacrifices in the War of Independence, by placing wreaths at the Shikha Anirban at Dhaka cantonment this morning on the occasion of Armed Forces Day. More

27 BNP leaders held in Sherpur
Police arrested 27 leaders of Jhenigati upazila BNP from the residence of former whip Zahed Ali Chowdhury in Nakla upazila headquarters early Saturday. More

Robber leader killed in Jhenidah 'shootout'
A ringleader of an inter-district gang of robbers was killed in a 'shootout' between his accomplices and police in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenidah district early Saturday. More

Robber beaten dead for killing 1 in Rajshahi
A house owner and a robber were killed and two other bandits injured during a robbery at Aliganj in Rajpara upazila of Rajshahi early Saturday. More

Youth's body recovered in Mirpur
The body of a young man recovered from the capital's Mirpur area Saturday morning. More

Sec 144 in Habiganj, Bagerhat
Local administrations clamped Section 144 in Habiganj and Bagerhat to avoid clashes on Saturday. More

Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks
Italian police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani father and son accused of helping fund and providing logistical support for last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, authorities said. More

Large Hadron Collider works again
The Large Hadron Collider experiment has re-started after a 14-month hiatus while the machine was being repaired. More

42 dead, 66 trapped in China mine explosion
A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 42 people and leaving 66 others trapped underground as rescuers worked hastily to save them. More

Blast near aid office wounds 1 in Pakistan
An explosion struck the office of an aid organization in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border on Saturday, wounding a security guard, police said. More