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

The government has planned to conduct the sixth population and housing census from December 24 to 30, Planning Minister MA Mannan told the parliament today.

The stock market dropped today after three days of consecutive rises.

The building for the fire station in Galachipa upazila town was constructed 20 months ago. Necessary manpower and two fire trucks have also been allocated already.

Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi said that the international community ought to be given the chance to persuade President Yahya Khan to initiate, within the next week or so, a realistic political solution in East Pakistan.

The Department of Environment (DoE) has downgraded the status of the harmful shipbreaking industry in Chattogram from red to orange caving into the pressure from the ship recycling yard owners, in a development that is set to cause serious damage to the ecology in the area.

The World Information Technology and Services Alliance yesterday named Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as the winner of Eminent Persons Award for 2021 for her fight against fundamentalism, militancy and terrorism.

Four Sylhet temples have long been housing 10 Middle Ages sculptures, including a rare five-faced Shivalinga and a goddess on a corpse, but historians and archaeologists were unaware of their existence.

Chattogram Customs did not penalise China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) even though it evaded tax while importing construction materials for a government project.

Judge Mosammat Kamrunnahar, of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-7, found all the five accused “not guilty” in the rape case of two university students filed with Banani Police Station on May 6, 2017.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the world leaders to ensure repatriation of Rohingyas to their homeland Myanmar soon to escape security risks in the region and beyond.

Lawyer ZI Khan Panna, a human rights activist and the immediate past chairperson of rights body Ain O Salish Kendra, said there is no time limit for filing any rape case as per the criminal laws. 

Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, returning from a three’week Western tour, said today that the military confrontation with Pakistan was becoming “less and less tolerable”.

A Bogura court today sent Asadul Islam Mir Dholu, worker of a Bogura hospital, in connection with a case filed over the death of an 18-year-old after his oxygen mask was removed over not getting a "satisfactory tip".

One hundred and three dengue patients were hospitalised in the last 24 hours till 8:00am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Janik Nokrek, a priest of the ancient Mandi (Garo) religion, passed away today at his house in Madhupur upazila in Tangail due to old age complications.

One crew member of an oil tanker died and seven sustained burn injuries in a blast on Sugandha river in Jhalakathi this morning.

The energy ministry had no option but to push for a raise in the prices of diesel and kerosene that has now set off a chain reaction in the economy, said Energy Secretary Md Anisur Rahman yesterday.

Bangladesh ranks third in the world among the countries most hit by natural disasters. Its low elevation and high population density make it particularly vulnerable to these climate hazards, including cyclones, flooding and rising sea levels.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the Unesco to declare remote learning and online education as a global public good as online education evolved as a “new normal” during the Covid-19 pandemic.