The rate of blindness in Bangladesh has dropped by 35 percent over the last two decades, finds a national survey.

Vulnerabilities in the boundary wall of Saidpur Airport in Nilphamari have given rise to security concerns as locals regularly enter the facility to graze cattle, cut grass and even for sightseeing.  

Fear gripped the cattle farmers of two villages in Phulbari upazila of Dinajpur as 25 cows have died in a week of breathing difficulties and stomach ailments due to toxins released from a nearby battery recycling factory, veterinary experts and locals said.

Visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla yesterday said some small issues along the Bangladesh-India border can be settled by holding meetings between the border forces of the two countries. 

Bangladesh has urged the member states of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to abide by the UN framework to ensure effective protection of the marine environment from harmful effects that may arise from deep-seabed related activities.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today said they are hoping to start the excavation work of Buriganga Adi (old) Channel from February next year.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been ranked 43rd on Forbes' list of the most powerful women in the world.

At least 60 dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Unpaid care and domestic work affect women’s quality of care work, and act as an obstacle to enter the mainstream labour market and climbing the occupational ladder, said speakers at a roundtable today.

The High Court today directed Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to immediately remove all videos and audio -- on social media and online -- containing BNP leader Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal’s derogatory comments on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Six people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00am today, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Students of several schools and colleges started a bicycle rally from Dhaka’s Rampura to Notre Dame College -- demanding safe roads and justice for victims of road accidents.

Referring to the demand of BNP leaders to allow Khaleda Zia’s treatment overseas, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said they have shown the highest compassion for the ailing BNP chairperson.

Six Bangladeshi nationals have been found to hold shell companies in the tax haven British Virgin Islands, as per the latest release from the Pandora Papers, the biggest trove of leaked offshore data yet.

A total of 75 candidates--64 male and 11 females—have been primarily selected for the post of trainee constables of police in Tangail district spending only Tk 130 each.

Despite progress in various economic and human development indicators, crony capitalism or cronyism is growing in Bangladesh as a few powerful members of the business class, bureaucrats, and politicians exercise a monopoly power in areas controlled by the state, resulting in rising inequality.

An independent chairman candidate in Bhatra union parishad (UP) election was attacked and injured allegedly by supporters of rival Awami League candidate today.

The Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh today called upon the government to form a regulatory board to stop illogical airfare set by airlines to different Middle Eastern destinations.

Detectives will interrogate Murad Hassan, who resigned from the post of state minister for information today, if anyone formally files complaint against him.

A 12-year-old boy remained missing for over 24 hours after he fell into a roadside drain at Sholoshahar Railway Station area in Chattogram city yesterday afternoon.