The government’s 22-day ban on catching hilsa to ensure its safe spawning during the peak breeding period ended at midnight yesterday.

Thirteen nations and five international organisations agreed in Paris today to a worldwide effort to meet the cost of the growing refugee problem in India.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said South Asian nations should work together to eliminate hunger and illiteracy for the wellbeing of the people of this region.

Farmers in Kushtia exceeded the targeted cultivation of Aman rice in the district this year, but they are getting increasingly worried about reaping a good harvest due to a rise in pest infestations at some rice fields.

Thirty-two-year-old Zakaria Hossain, a resident of Dakkhin Sonakhuli village in Nilphamari’s Dimla upazila, was not born blind.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule questioning why the government’s decision to not provide new gas connections in residential areas should not be declared illegal.

Youths transforming communities through social initiatives can apply for the fifth instalment of the Joy Bangla Youth Award till October 31.

Bangladesh and Japan today signed the “Japanese Grant Aid for the Fourth Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP4).”

Around 35 leaders and activists of BNP-Jamaat were indicted today in a case filed over violence in 2013 in Fatikchhari upazila’s Bhujpur area of Chattogram.

The stock market bled 120 points today as investors went for panic sales.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) will work together to develop an electronic know your customer (eKYC) infrastructure to fast-track financial inclusion.

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

The government will return Tk 214 crore deposited by the consumers as payment to e-commerce companies but did not get delivery of the ordered goods yet, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said today.

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

Police today arrested two people, including an activist of Chhatra Shibir, in connection with the attack on Hindu houses and shops in Rangpur's Pirganj upazila.

Bangladeshi jute goods and handicrafts have attracted the attention of the visitors at an exhibition in China titled “2021 Euro-Asia Economic Forum Economic and Trade Cooperation Expo and China (Shaanxi) Import and Export Commodities Exhibition”.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said vested quarters are out there to stage various types of incidents in the country to tarnish its image before the world.

Local representatives have been directed to form committees at the ward level across the country to identify anyone involved in spreading rumours and creating anarchy.

To Aziz Khan, night time is still the scariest.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) beefed up security in all temples and places of worship in the capital amid frequent attacks on Hindu community members and their temples across the country.