Centenarian Sami Lakachiang is considered the oldest person in Kakrachhara Punji, an indigenous village located in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila.

The Soviet Union and India signed a treaty of peace, friendship and nonaggression today. The essence of the treaty was its provision that in the event of attack or the threat of attack there would be immediate mutual consultations.

Dhaka University Professor Emeritus Najma Chowdhury died yesterday, just a few days after testing positive for Covid-19.

Fishermen in ​​Patuakhali’s Kuakata say they are frustrated for not getting enough hilsa in the sea after the end of a 65-day ban on netting the fish on July 23.

The police headquarters has formed a three-member probe body to investigate Additional Deputy Commissioner (DB Gulshan Division) Golam Saklain’s alleged unprofessional conduct with actress Pori Moni.

On Thursday morning, an 18-year-old boy was poised precariously on the fourth-floor cornice of a building, causing onlookers to fear that he might fall to his death at any time. 

India’s counterterrorism group National Investigation Agency (NIA) said it has carried out searches in Bengaluru at the premises linked to a suspect who is involved in making fake identity documents for Bangladeshi human traffickers.

The first day of the Mass Vaccination programme has turned into another chaotic carnival of unrestrained mass cross-infection -- with hundreds of under-informed expectants waiting in lines just to get refused, disproportionate vaccine shortage, people fighting to get vaccine, political leaders halting vaccination and posing as vaccine administrators only for photoshoot.

Bangladesh Railway (BR) has decided to operate 38 intercity and 20 commuter and mail trains from August 11 with full capacity.

Apparel exporters today expressed their worry over the rising yarn prices in the local market and urged the government to take immediate steps to address the problem.

The authorities will reinstate the previous bus and launch fares from August 11 as the operators would be allowed to carry passengers at full capacity from that day.

Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury today said that Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatun Nesa Mujib had played a unique role in establishing the rights of the nation.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayor Md Atiqul Islam said all the officials, employees, and councilors of DNCC will remain active until Aedes mosquitoes — carrier of dengue and Chikungunya -- are eradicated.

Bangladesh lags behind the south Asian peers in case of the average procedure, time and cost needed to start a business, according to a recent survey.

The budget for this fiscal has not taken proper steps to mitigate the crisis of the disadvantaged people who have been hit hard by the ongoing economic crisis, analysts said today.

The government has decided to allow all public transport to operate at full capacity across the country from August 11.

A virtual court in Dhaka will decide, on August 17, whether to accept the probe report of the case filed over abetting the suicide of a college student.

Customs Intelligence officials detained a man with foreign currencies equivalent to Tk 22.55 lakh at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early today.

The Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram (Metro) fined four people Tk 6,90,000 for cutting hills in the port city.

Counterterrorism officials arrested three persons on charge of swindling Tk 18 lakh, through forging digital voucher of Shwapno super shop.