For the last few months, the passport office has been struggling to issue new and renewed machine readable passports as the official server was facing technical difficulties. Finally, the authorities have announced that the problems have been resolved.

People of two villages engaged in a battle on a river in Brahmanbaria. After a dispute over a football game turned physical, the fight carried over into water as each side got on boats to continue the skirmish for about two hours.

An accused in the Xulhaz-Tonoy murder case told a judge that he would prefer death by the firing squad in public, if the court was to give him the death penalty.

With the completion of installing road slabs, Padma bridge has concluded another phase of its construction. On Monday, 23 August, the last road slab was placed on the 2-F span standing on the 12th and 13th pillars of this highly anticipated mega project.

The Hindu Ain Pronoyon e Nagorik Udyog Coalition has issued a statement protesting the propaganda against a number of individuals and organisations that are not involved in the formulation of the Hindu inheritance law.

A Dhaka tribunal today set September 7 for hearing arguments in Buet student Abrar Fahad murder case.

Almost every Bangladeshi household yearns for the nostalgia of “deshi” chicken. But this yearning comes with a high price tag.

The Saudi government has decided that pilgrims who have received Sinopharm’s Covid-19 vaccine will not be allowed to perform Umrah.

Banks and Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) should pave a better way to achieve the goal of financial inclusion in Bangladesh, speakers said at a webinar.

A couple died after a boat capsized on the Titas River in Brahmanbaria's Nabinagar upazila today.

A Dhaka tribunal today set August 31 to deliver verdict against eight members of the banned militant group Ansar Al Islam in a case filed over the murders of LGBT activist Xulhaz Mannan and his associate Mahbub Rabby Tonoy in 2016.

One more died while at least 276 more dengue patients were hospitalized in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)

Seven people including four teenagers died in separate lightning strikes in Dinajpur today.

A Dhaka court today placed Bijoy Krishna Talukder on a two-day remand in a case filed over storing shots of Moderna vaccines at Sheba Clinic in Chalabon area of Dhaka’s Dakkhinkhan.

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

Supreme Court chamber judge today stayed for six weeks a High Court verdict that granted bail to Joy Gopal Sarkar, general secretary of Dhaka Wanderers Club, in four separate money laundering cases. He allegedly had links to the illegal casino business.

Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan was shot by Liaqat Ali, former Inspector of Baharchhara Investigation Centre, as per the instruction of former officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das, Sinha’s elder sister said in her testimony today.

A woman has alleged that a sub-inspector “took Tk 2.5 lakh” from her home in Dhaka’s Rupnagar area during a drive on Thursday.

A Dhaka court today framed charges against Monir Hossain, widely known as "Golden Monir", in a case filed over possessing firearms.

The Election Commission (EC) has decided to hold by-polls to Sylhet-3 constituency on September 4.