Saudi Arabia’s recent amendment to a law allowing non-citizens to run businesses without local sponsors has opened up opportunities for Bangladeshi traders in the kingdom.

A day after seven people died in rain-induced landslides, incessant rain in Cox’s Bazar caused the deaths of nine more, including five siblings, yesterday.

Eleven years ago, at a summit in Russia, Tiger Range Countries committed to double the global tiger population by 2022.

Two newspapers -- Bangladesh Pratidin and Kaler Kontho -- and online news portal Banglanews24.com published reports on Tuesday, stating that Sampadak Parishad Secretary General Naem Nizam resigned in protest against “unethical” activities of its President Mahfuz Anam.

The New York Times reported today, “the Pakistan’s military Government was waiting for what it fears may be a protracted guerrilla war, in East Pakistan, and Government strategists are drawing from the writings of Mao Tse-tung and other experts in their plans.”

An ancient stone statue of a bull weighing about 20 kg has been recovered from debris at Gonsair Bhita village of Newashi union in Nageshwari upazila of Kurigram.

Dengue infection in Bangladesh, especially in Dhaka, has now become an unignorable health crisis -- with 153 patients hospitalized till this morning (July 28), the highest in a day this year.

Trust Axiata Pay or tap, a new mobile financial service (MFS) provider, today launched its business operation with an aim to promote cashless transaction.

Two brothers and their nephew drowned while catching fish in a canal during heavy rain in Cox’s Bazar’s Sadar upazila today.

Bangladesh Bank today asked banks to give priority to new clients while giving out loans from the stimulus package dedicated to the large service and industrial units.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today urged city dwellers to provide information about Aedes mosquitoes so that DSCC men can take necessary steps at their home such as spraying for Aedes larvae.

In different districts of the country including Dhaka, Manikganj, Rajshahi, Barishal and Chattogram it is becoming increasingly harder to control the flow of people. With or without emergencies, people are ignoring the ongoing lockdown.

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

Police have arrested 562 people for defying Covid-19 restrictions and health guidelines in Dhaka city today, on the 6th day of the two-week "strict lockdown".

Facebook has partnered with Bangladesh’s ICT Division and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to launch the “Covid-19 Vaccine Finder”, a new tool to help Bangladeshis confirm their eligibility and identify nearby places to get the vaccine.

Rapid Action Battalion arrested a suspected member of a human trafficking gang in Faridpur.

Lima, a young girl from a remote village in Kurigram, makes hair caps with human hair. She is now a successful entrepreneur.

A total of 8,300 people have had organ transplantations in 12 years, benefited by the lone tissue bank in the country.

The High Court today refused to grant bail to a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activist of Jhalakathi district, Md Toriqul Islam Opu, in a case filed under the Digital Security Act for his “derogatory comment” on social media about senior Awami League leader Amir Hossain Amu and one Sumaiya Hossain.

Lalmonirhat’s Palashi Union Parishad Chairman Shawkat Ali and his wife, Anwara Begum, were arrested today in connection with a case filed over assaulting a 90-year-old woman.