A gas cylinder explosion in the canteen next to the engine room on the ground floor of MV Abhijan-10 is the reason for the fire, said a cabin boy of the launch.

Pathorghata Upazila Nirbahi Officer Hossain Mohammad Al Mujahid and his wife who were onboard the MV Abhijan-10 narrowly escaped the fire that caught the launch early today.

A complete genome sequence of salinity and submergence tolerant rice has been unveiled by the scientists of the Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) and Bangladesh Agricultural University for the first time in Bangladesh.

Milon Islam (25), a visually impaired student who received a national award in tabla in 2014, has been passing his days amid hardship and uncertainty over his further studies. Due to the lack of financial support, his aspiration for higher studies is getting blurred.

Bangladesh should follow its own model to ensure economic development, eminent economist Wahiduddin Mahmud said yesterday, after receiving the Bangladesh Bank Award-2020 for his contribution to the economy.

Bangladesh should follow its own model to ensure the economic development, eminent economist Wahiduddin Mahmud said today.

An HSC examinee was killed and two others were injured as a CNG-run three-wheeler carrying her fell into a river in Tangail’s Mirzapur upazila today.

Chittagong Development Authority’s canal excavation is causing structural damage to a temple, 3 buildings and 5 semi-finished houses in Majhir Ghat area. To ensure safety police have asked the residents to move out of their houses temporarily.

Twenty-four dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday arrested the prime accused in a case filed for raping a pregnant woman in Ashulia in July of this year.

Education Minister Dipu Moni today said more than 95 percent textbooks will reach primary and secondary schools across the country by December 31.

The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dropped today in the first two hours after rising for two consecutive days.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue today said the government should reduce diesel prices in order to cut crop cultivation and transportation costs to curb spike in production cost.

Birangona (war heroine) Shefali Das has been living in an abandoned quarter of Bangladesh Railway with her youngest son Kamol Das as she does not have a house of her own.

Dhaka University Provost Standing Committee has recommended cancelling an existing restriction on pregnant and married students staying at DU residential halls.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) will approve application of any company’s initial public offering within two weeks if it submits papers properly, top officials of the commission said yesterday.

Rizwan Rahman, managing director of ETBL Securities & Exchange Ltd, has been re-elected as the president of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) for 2022.

A Dhaka court today placed Iftekhar Abedin on a two-day fresh remand in the third phase in a case filed over the death of his wife Elma Chowdhury Meghla.

The Dhaka stocks have so far maintained a rising trend today as general investors are hoping to see a better scenerio in the days to come.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the Covid-19 pandemic could not impact Bangladesh as hard as it did in other countries due to prompt action to protect both the most vulnerable people and businesses.