The stock of some high-value sea fish species has depleted over the last three decades due to excessive fishing that also damages the ecosystem of the marine environment, threatening survival of other aquatic lives.

Several thousand houses have been submerged in Kurigram as the Brahmaputra and Dharla rivers are overflowing.

Today is the ninth death anniversary of Dr Akhlakul Hossain Ahmed, a Liberation War organiser and member of the Bangladesh Constituent Assembly of 1972, said a press release.

The death toll from Wednesday’s gas explosion at a building in the capital’s Mirpur has risen to four as three more people died from burns yesterday.

US Senator Charles Percy today called for the rights of self-determination of the people of Bangladesh. "The will of the electorate must be carried out," he said.

Passengers of Biman Bangladesh Airlines -- who were stranded in India's Nagpur airport after an emergency landing -- finally reached Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at around 12:51am.

Jamuna Group has not finalised its decision to invest in Evaly yet, said two top officials of the Jamuna group.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a $1.78 billion multitranche financing facility (MFF) to improve mobility, road safety, and regional trade along Dhaka-Sylhet trade corridor in Bangladesh.

A group of customers of online shopping platform Eorange.shop demonstrated in Dhaka today, demanding their money back or a clear decision on delivery of the products they ordered.

One hundred and seventeen people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours, till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying an eight-member rescue team is leaving Dhaka for India’s Nagpur this evening to bring back 124 passengers, who remain stranded at Nagpur Airport following emergency landing of a Dhaka-bound Biman flight.

At least 184 more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours, till 8:00 am today.

Because of waterlogging of the Bhabadaha river in the southwestern region of the country, inhabitants of the villages adjacent to 52 beels in the area are suffering every year. Projects worth crores of taka have been taken to deal with the problem. But a permanent solution is yet to be reached to alleviate the problems of lakhs of villagers in this region.

An auto-rickshaw driver was beaten to death near the Padma Bridge project, in Louhajang upazila of Munshiganj, early today on "suspicion of theft".

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been governing Bangladesh with a "zero tolerance to terror" policy, says an article published by The Diplomat, highlighting the situation in Afghanistan.

Authorities imposed Section 144 in Fatikchhari upazila of Chattogram following programme announcements made by factions of local Awami League and Bangladesh Chhatra League at the same time and place.

All public and private universities will start in-person classes from October 15, after all students have received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccines, a meeting of the ministries and stakeholders concerned decided yesterday.

The 45th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be observed in the country today.

Pakistan is now dead and two countries have been born in its place, said Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, speaking today at the inaugural function of the Bangladesh Mission in London. Justice Chowdhury was the overseas representative of the Bangladesh government.

Scientists of Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI) have successfully invented an artificial breeding technique for the almost-lost freshwater garfish, known as Kakila in Bangladesh.