Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad wants to know the reason behind the power cut at Nanua Dighir Par puja mandap in Cumilla around 3:00am on October 13.

The probe body has submitted its report against Farhana Yeasmin Baten, former chairman of Department of History and Cultural Heritage of Rabindra University for forcefully cutting the hair of students.

The Bangladesh Bank has not yet taken any punitive measure against Union Bank despite finding a fund mismatch at a vault of the lender’s Gulshan branch.

If you search for “mondire Quran” (the Holy Quran at a temple) or “Quran obomanona” (demeaning the Holy Quran) on YouTube, you will find over 300 videos spewing hate speech against a minority community.

The country’s marginalised people are facing discriminatory attitudes in many cases while seeking government services and benefits, found a study by Transparency International Bangladesh.

Describing the recent Cumilla incident as very unfortunate, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the Awami League leaders and activists to step up their vigilance to maintain communal harmony across the country.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday said the health sector has a shortage of human resources to operate the equipment.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said she wants to upgrade Faridpur and Cumilla to two new divisions after the names of two major rivers -- Padma and Meghna.

US Secretary of State William Rogers, in a memorandum presented to the US President Richard Nixon today, said there remained a high potential for outbreak of hostilities between India and Pakistan.

A complaint has been filed with a Chattogram court accusing Professor Emeritus Serajul Islam Choudhury of Dhaka University and two others of defaming Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in an article.

Marico Bangladesh said its profit and revenue grew in April to September period of the current year driven by its increased sales of hair oils and baby care despite pandemic.

A total of 43,856 people died in road accidents across the country in the last six years, Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity said today.

One dengue patient died while 170 patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00 am today. Of those hospitalised, 31 are outside Dhaka, according to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A Dhaka tribunal today set November 8 for hearing on charge framing against photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in three cases filed under the Digital Security Act.

Rab today sued Begum Badrunnessa Government Girls College Teacher Ruma Sarker on charge of circulating on social media an old video footage of a murder in Dhaka's Pallabi as the killing of Jatan Kumar Saha during recent communal violence in Noakhali.

Xiaomi has announced that it will now manufacture its devices locally in Bangladesh, as the leading smartphone company has opened a manufacturing plant in Gazipur.

A farmer went missing while swimming across the Teesta river in Ulipur upazila of Kurigram today.

"I don’t know when I'll be able to fix everything," said 80-year-old Ruhini Chandra Das of Pirganj's Majhipara village, while staring at his house gutted by fire.

The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi is being observed today, marking the day of birth and passing away of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh), with religious festivity and fervour.

The Police Headquarters yesterday instructed its field-level officials to stay on high alert and take immediate action whenever they receive information about any attempt to sabotage the country’s stability and communal harmony.