Stocks fell today after rising for six consecutive days.

The Local Government Division has allocated Tk 10 crore for Zila Parishads of 61 districts of the country -- for the procurement of oxygen cylinders, high-flow nasal cannula and health safety materials.

A Dhaka court today placed model Mariam Akhter Mou on a two-day fresh remand in the third phase in a case filed against her with Mohammadpur Police Station under the Narcotics Control Act.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed that all documents of the Liberation War, which are scattered across the world, be collected and filed in the country’s archives.

An idol of Hindu Goddess Kali was vandalised by unidentified criminals at a temple in Bogura’s Sherpur upazila early today. Criminals have also thrown the vandalised idol outside the temple, said locals.

Actress Pori Moni, who was placed on a two-day remand today, said that she has been framed in a false case.

Bangladesh government’s Covid-19 mass vaccination drive reached the Rangamati hills today, all thanks to the local administration and the Bangladeshi armed forces.

Locals in Gazipur’s Sreepur apprehended a man, allegedly stealing skeletons from a graveyard, and handed him over to the police early this morning. Two of his accomplices reportedly fled the scene.

A virtual court in Dhaka today granted bail to film actress Semon Hasan Eka in a case filed against her for possessing narcotics at her residence in Dhaka's Hatirjheel area

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) today formed a four-member committee to probe nine listed companies' unusual price hike in the recent time.

The words allegedly used by Viqarunnisa Noon School and College Principal Kamrun Nahar in telephone conversation with a representative of guardians are “condemnable and unexpected”, if the conversation is authentic, the High Court said today.

The life sketch of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be screened at Times Square, New York on August 15 and 16.

Actress Pori Moni, film producer Nazrul Islam Raz and two others were produced before a Dhaka court on completion of their four-day remand in two cases filed under the Narcotics Control Act. 

A writ petition was filed with the High Court today, seeking its directive on the government to inform what necessary steps have been taken to prevent the incidents of eavesdropping and recording of private telephone conversations and to ensure right to privacy.

During this pandemic, since last year, the hustle-bustle of the country's largest floating guava market has been missing.

A student was arrested for sharing a video through TikTok, distorting a photo of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman printed on a Tk 200 note, police said.

A total of 1,218 metric tonnes of liquid medical oxygen has been imported in six consignments from India, by "Oxygen Express", through Benapole land port.

Police recovered the body of a youth from Dhaka’s Shyampur area early this morning.

Under the COVAX programme, 1.7 million doses of Sinopharm vaccine have departed Beijing at 5:25 am (local time) and will reach Dhaka this morning. 

With the Delta variant of Covid spreading across the country, the government decision to allow buses to run at full capacity from tomorrow has baffled health experts.