Social media users are seemingly sceptical of the government’s move to introduce home-grown alternatives to Facebook, WhatsApp and other digital platforms.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said it was not possible to carry out an attack like that of August 21, 2004, had there been no direct patronage from then BNP-Jamaat government.

When Shreyon Paul suffered a second-degree burn to his back, doctors at a local hospital were not sure if the nine-year-old would ever fully recover.

Pori Moni yesterday expressed displeasure with her lawyers in the courtroom for not filing any bail petition in the narcotics case.

Traffic in some parts of the capital came to a standstill yesterday due to a fire at a commercial building on Airport Road at Banani’s Chairmanbari.

The Daily Telegraph reported that no candidates could be found for the 79 constituencies which had been declared vacant by the Martial Law Authority in East Pakistan.

Bangladesh-China relations have further deepened during the pandemic, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen told Xinhua news agency.

Two boys drowned in the Turag river today while trying to retrieve their football from the water.

Bangladesh has recently proposed the United Arab Emirates either designate or set up dedicated training institutes for migrant workers in Bangladesh with support of the UAE government, or private sector, or both. Bangladesh has also proposed the development of a suitable training module for workers wishing to be employed in the UAE.

Hundreds of goods-carrying trucks, buses and cars were stranded at Paturia since this morning as strong current in Padma river disrupted ferry crossings.

Flooding in Faridpur has worsened as Padma river’s water levels at Goaland Point rose by 8centimeters in 24 hours till this morning.

Four more died while 278 were hospitalized with dengue fever in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

One hundred and twenty 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 woman was killed today, allegedly by her elder sister, over property dispute in Pirojpur’s Indurkani upazila.

Spinners have kept yarn prices unchanged since August 10 and there is no scope to reduce its prices further due to high international prices of cotton, said Mohammad Ali Khokon, president of Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA).

Two youths have been arrested on charge of raping a high school student and recording the crime in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali.

Heavy rainfall and downpour from mountains in India is causing alarming rise in water-level in Teesta and Jamuna rivers. At least 50,000 inhabitants in Sirajganj are now waterlogged, hoping to be aided by the government.

Fourteen people were arrested in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam for alleged social media posts supporting Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan, police said today.

Bangladesh received around 7.81 lakh doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine from Japan, under the COVAX facility, this afternoon.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said it’s not possible to carry out an attack like that on August 21, 2004 had there been no direct patronage from the then BNP-Jamaat government.