The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has welcomed announcements at the US Leaders’ Climate Summit and G7 meetings of increased pledges for climate change mitigation and finance.

What seems to be small islands in the Karnaphuli are actually mounds of polythene dumped from all over Chattogram city stacked in the river.

The country's stock market index crossed all the previous records and hit 6,405.04 today just a day before the start of a five-day closure for Eid-ul-Azha from July 20.

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

The High Court today questioned the lower court orders that granted bail to seven former engineers of housing and public works department in two cases filed over the much-talked-about corruption in purchasing furniture and household items for officials of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna.

As Covid-19 continues to devastate families and communities, Unicef has stressed the need for protecting the rights of every child to live and grow up in an environment that supports their physical, psychological, social and emotional development.

Export import activities through Sonamasjid land port will remain closed for six days from today for Eid-ul-Adha.

Jailed leader of Hefajat-e-Islam Mamunul Haque and his brother Mahfuzul Haque have lost control over Jamia Rahmania Arabia Madrasa in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area as Waqfs Bangladesh was handed over its charge today.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia took her first dose of Covid-19 vaccine at Sheikh Russel Gastroliver Institute and Hospital today

Over 150 cattle traders and farmers of Haropara village, in Pabna’s Bhangura upazila, are trading sacrificial animals on online markets -- setting an example and inspiring fellow traders.

The Supreme Court today stayed a High Court verdict that acquitted two death row convicts in a case filed over the rape and murder of a minor schoolgirl, Fatima Akhter Eti, in Mathbaria upazila of Pirojpur district in 2014.

A Dhaka court today rejected a bail petition of online casino "kingpin" Salim Prodhan in a case filed over amassing Tk 57.79 crore illegally and laundering about Tk 22 crore to Thailand and the USA.

The Associated Press, among others, reported that the easing of the “strict lockdown” for eight days could exacerbate an ongoing surge in Bangladesh fueled by the highly contagious Delta variant, which was first detected in India.

Some 19,005 tonnes of rice is being distributed among over 19-lakh poor and distressed families in Rangpur division under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme to help poor celebrating Eid-ul-Azha amid pandemic.

Members of Border guard Bangladesh (BGB) have seized a covered van loaded with banned Indian medicines and other items including clothes, cosmetics, and current nets from Navaran area on Benapole-Jashore highway last night.

The mobile phone of Planning Minister MA Mannan, which was snatched at Dhaka’s Bijoy Sarani area more than one and half months ago, was recovered yesterday.

As hundreds of homebound people are leaving Dhaka ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, a number of launches on Shimulia-Banglabazar route are operating at more than half capacity, defying government instructions.

Thirteen patients died while undergoing treatment at Covid units of four Khulna hospitals in 24 hours till 8 am today.

Twenty people died in the Covid unit of Kushtia General Hospital till 8am this morning.

Declaring “illegal” grabbing and filling up water bodies, wetlands and farmlands by two companies in Narayanganj's Sonargaon upazila, the High Court has directed the authorities concerned to formulate a specific law and to establish a separate ministry to protect and develop wetlands across the country as public property.