The traffic congestion on both ends of Bangabandhu Bridge, which was worsened due to rain in the morning, turned 70km long this afternoon.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday spoke of a goof-up involving the passport department that let down Bangladeshi expatriates in Uzbekistan.

KM Shehabuddin, diplomatic representative of Bangladesh, described Pakistan President Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan’s threat of declaring war against India as a “desperate and heinous attempt to hide his shame and hoodwink the world opinion by implicating India”.

The High Court has directed the authorities concerned to formulate a specific law and establish a separate ministry in order to protect and develop the wetlands across the country as public property.

Around 34,000 temporary and substitute workers of state-run jute mills shut down in July last year have been living a miserable life as they are yet to get their dues.

Control of the Jamia Arabia Madrasa, one of the largest Qawmi madrasas in the country, was yesterday handed over to the new Waqf committee from the hands of former Hefajat-e-Islam leader Mamunul Haque and his brother Mahfuzul Haque.

All workplaces, including factories and offices, will stay shut during the fortnight-long lockdown starting July 23, as per the latest gazette notification that came on the eve of the three-day Eid vacation.

Bangladesh is reportedly among 45 countries where people have been spied upon with the Pegasus spyware, created by Israeli company NSO Group.

Ignoring the health safety guidelines and enduring myriad hardships, thousands of people left Dhaka yesterday to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with their near and dear one at their ancestral homes.

The sale of sacrificial animals gathered pace in the capital’s cattle markets two days before the Eid-ul-Azha yesterday, although traders were charging higher prices compared to last year.

Three alleged robbers were killed in “gunfights” with Rab in Mymensingh and Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.

People from all walks of life in Chattogram city today staged a demonstration for the seventh consecutive day protesting a government move to build a hospital at Chattogram Railway Building (CRB) area.

A teenage girl was found dead at her husband’s house in Jashore’s Monirampur upazila today.

Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen today shared a sorry tale of how the Department of Passport sent a device for activating machine-readable passports to Uzbekistan around one and a half years back but the device is yet to be activated.

On one side of the Eid sacrifice preparation are the cattle markets. On the other side are the equipment for the sacrificial ceremony.

Health ministry has not gone ahead with Gonoshasthaya Kendra’s proposal of buying 20 million Sputnik V vaccine from Russia, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said.

The RMG sector, which earns over 80% of the total foreign currencies for Bangladesh and employs over 4 million people, is now battling against the ongoing pandemic.

The longing to spend Eid with near ones has not been dampened a bit by Covid-19 pandemic.

A Dhaka court today placed Md Abul Kashem, an official of audit and compliance department at Sadharan Bima Corporation's head office, on a three-day remand in a Tk 26.14 crore money laundering case.

A Narayanganj court today granted bail to Hashem Foods and Beverage owner Abul Hashem and his two sons, who were arrested in connection with the deaths of 51 people in a fire at their factory in Narayanganj's Rupganj upazila on July 8.