After her husband lost his job at a pharmacy in 2017, Leuza Akter Kristy’s family plunged into a struggle to put food on the table.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is leaving for the United Arab Emirates today on a five-day visit.

The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested eight members of a security agency including the mastermind of the racket involved in the swindling of about Tk 3 crore from 231 ATM booths of a private bank.

In recent weeks, people have witnessed a curious sight unfolding in a farm in Dhondogaon area of Thakurgaon.

April 9, 1971. Amzad Ali Khondaker was moving a trunk out of the Secretariat building that housed the then office of Department of Films and Publications.

A rare species of tortoise has been caught in a net while a fisherman was fishing in the Payra River in Barguna.

The money loan court in Chattogram today slapped five owners of Messers Elias Brothers (MEB) with five months of jail sentence for defaulting a loan of Tk 185 crore.

A fire that broke a two-storey factory of Navana Furniture at Tentuljhora union in Savar has  been brought under control after two hours.

One of the five persons, burnt in a fire believed to have been originated from a gas leak in Dhaka's Rampura on March 3, died at a Dhaka hospital this afternoon.

A Chattogram court today sentenced three siblings to death and another to life imprisonment in a case filed over the murder of a businessman in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar in 2016.

The Supreme Court chamber judge today stayed for four weeks the High Court verdict that declared cancellation of actor Zayed Khan's candidacy and announcement of actress Nipun Akhter as general secretary of Bangladesh Film Artistes' Association (BFAA) “illegal".

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended reduced tariff benefit for importing raw sugar until May 15 to enable consumers to buy the sweetening agent during the coming Ramadan month and Eid- ul-Fitr festival.

A crisis of edible oil, particularly soybean oil, has hit the domestic markets amid retailers and wholesalers stocking up and refiners slowing down delivery, as prices of essential commodities keep climbing in the international market.

The 28 Bangladeshi crew members, rescued from a ship that was attacked at a Ukrainian port, were being brought back home.

An 11-member delegation of the food ministry is due to go on a ten-day tour of the UK and Turkey from March 8 but no one knows the schedule and budget yet, raising questions about the need for the trip when the government is watching its expenditure for the pandemic.

The High Court five years ago allowed the Anti-Corruption Commission to conduct enquiries and investigations into any type of corruption and take necessary action against the offenders, but the graft watchdog failed to bring the Bangladeshis, who deposited money in overseas banks and purchased properties abroad, to book.

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will hold the spectrum auction for fifth-generation (5G) mobile and internet connectivity on March 31 and give the telecom operators 6 months to roll out the service from the day of the auction.

Bangladesh and India have decided to finalise at the earliest the joint study on India-Bangladesh Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), reopen border haats closed due to Covid-19 pandemic and reached a consensus over the use of returning empty railway wagons and containers by Bangladesh for exports to its western neighbour.

Bangladesh Shipping Corporation showed sheer negligence by allowing Banglar Samriddhi to sail to a war zone in Ukraine, claimed leaders of Bangladesh Merchant Marine Officers’ Association yesterday.

At least 604 new infections were recorded and six people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).