Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the parliament today that primary and secondary educational institutions will open when the Covid-19 situation is under control.

The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot a Bangladeshi youth to death today at the Shamsher Nagar border in Lalmonirhat's Patgram upazila.

World Bank signed a $300 million financing agreement with Bangladesh on June 27 to help about 750,000 poor and extreme poor in 20 districts come out of poverty and build resilience to the Covid-19 pandemic and any future shocks.

The government has extended the closure of all secondary and higher secondary educational institutions till July 31, as a preventive measure against further spread of coronavirus.

Former Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Sayeed Khokon today blamed the current DSCC mayor -- Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh -- for the court order on freezing eight bank accounts belonging to Khokon and his family members.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today told the parliament that the government will procure Covid-19 vaccines at whatever cost, and the vaccines will be administered widely from next month.

Police today filed a case against unidentified persons over deaths due to negligence after at least seven people were killed in Sunday’s explosion in Dhaka’s Moghbazar.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have detained a 31-year-old Nigerian national in Sylhet for allegedly entering Bangladesh illegally from India.

The High Court today summoned two investigation officers (IOs) of a case filed over the murder of a child in Bogura, asking them to appear before it to place their explanations over allegation of forcibly taking confessional statement from the deceased's brother, also a minor.

A woman went missing after a trawler capsized in Meghna river under Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj district this morning.

Twelve people died while being treated at the Covid units of three Khulna hospitals in the last 24 hours till 8am today.

Twenty-five people died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital's (RMCH) Covid unit in 24 hours till this morning.

A 32-year-old man was killed and four others injured in a clash between two groups in Narayanganj city last night.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) yesterday discouraged motorcyclists from sharing rides on their vehicles in an attempt to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Good news for Bangladeshi migrant workers!

Another 83 Bangladeshis were rescued in the Mediterranean off the Tunisian coast on Sunday when they were trying to go to Europe across the sea illegally.

The average life expectancy of Bangladeshis has increased to 72.8 years in 2020 during the outbreak of coronavirus from 72.6 years in 2019, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

Abul Kashem, 45, used to drive buses owned by others for 25 years and dreamed of one day owning his own bus.

Accumulated gas was behind the massive explosion at the ground floor of a three-storey building in the capital’s Moghbazar on Sunday evening, said officials and experts.

Leaky gas pipes were the fourth most common cause of fires reported last year, according to Fire Service and Civil Defence data.