Four people were killed and two injured when a pickup van hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi this morning.

A street cleaner of Dhaka South City Corporation died after a bus hit him near the south gate of National Mosque Baitul Mokarram in Dhaka this morning.

Unidentified criminals have killed the assistant of a government office in Mollahat upazila of Bagerhat.

Two people died and at least four were injured after three vehicles--two trucks and a pick-up van, collided in Dhaka’s Rupnagar Beribandh area early today.

The situation in and around the Ramna Kali Mandir and Ma Anandamoyee Ashram near the Dhaka University campus was frightfully unnerving.

An eerie calm settled over Jagannath Hall of Dhaka University in the evening of March 25, 1971. The uneasiness soon turned into foreboding as the night progressed.

The Information and Communication Technology Division has finalised the draft of the Personal Data Protection Bill and is preparing to place it before the cabinet for approval.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the country’s development continued despite the Covid-19 pandemic affecting the global economy and creating food shortages even in many developed countries.

US doctors announced Thursday they had successfully performed a double lung transplant on a patient with terminal lung cancer, giving new hope to others who also have advanced stages of the deadly disease.

A teacher of Pabna University of Science and Technology (PUST) -- Awal Kabir Joy – today filed a defamation case of Tk 50 crore against former vice chancellor Professor M Rostom Ali.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will run mobile courts in all its areas against food adulteration during the upcoming Ramadan to ensure safe food for everyone.

The government’s next challenge is to ensure uninterrupted electricity at an affordable price for all, said State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today.

A Kushtia court today sentenced eight persons to life in prison for killing a man after kidnapping him in 2009.

Security forces will be on alert to save people’s lives if there is any violence during the hartal on March 28 called by Bam Gonotantrik Jote, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said in Chattogram today.

Bangladesh is at risk of losing its European export market for vegetables because the Explosive Detective System machine at the Dhaka airport has been inoperative for the last two weeks, causing massive shipment problems and huge financial losses.

At a public hearing over a Titas proposal to increase gas prices, consumers yesterday hit out at the distributor for failing to snap illegal connections, prevent gas theft, and ensure uninterrupted supply.

The power division will receive this year’s Swadhinata Padak (Independence Award) for its outstanding job of bringing cent percent of the country under electricity coverage, said power division officials.

The government yesterday handed two-year tenure extensions to five high-cost quick rental companies on condition that they will not be paid when they are not supplying electricity.

The National Consumers Rights Movement (NCRM) yesterday demanded re-introduction of the year-long ration card system as scores return empty-handed after queuing for hours for commodities at a subsidised rate.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the film industry to focus more on the country’s Liberation War and sacrifice of the masses besides providing entertainment.