Liberation War Affairs Ministry has decided, in principle, to strip the state gallantry awards of four convicted killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Bangladesh will observe National Tea Day on June 4 for the first time in the 50 years history of the country.

Around 5,000 workers of a tea garden in Habiganj’s Chunarughat upazila have been observing an indefinite strike for the fourth consecutive day, demanding removal of the tea garden’s manager.

The budget session for fiscal year 2021-22 began at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban amid the Covid-19 pandemic, and is being presided over by Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury around 5:00pm today.

The Dhaka bourse continued rising for the second consecutive day today, as investors hope the national budget for 2021-22 fiscal year to be announced tomorrow will give a boost to the market.

A liquid oxygen plant was inaugurated today at the Chapainawabganj Sadar Hospital for coronavirus affected patients.

Criminal Investigation Department claimed to have arrested a man from Dhaka’s Mohakhali area yesterday on charge of amassing over Tk 50 crore through fraudulence from traders.

District administrations of Rajshahi and Naogaon have imposed restrictions on all night-time outdoor activities, seven days from midnight.

A Dhaka court today placed four members of a transnational human trafficking racket on a five-day remand each in a case filed for trafficking at least 500 young women and girls to India over the last five years and forcing them into prostitution.

Department of Environment (DoE), Chattogram Metro today sealed off a polythene factory in Foteyabad area of Hathazari upazila.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that Bangladesh expects the UK to promote the interests and priorities of climate vulnerable countries to international platforms.

The Election Commission will hold all postponed elections, including the by-polls to Lakshmipur-2 constituency, first phase of union parishad and sixth phase of municipality polls, on June 21.

One of the accused in the assault and gang-rape of a Bangladeshi woman in India’s Bengaluru was shot in the leg today when he allegedly tried to escape arrest.

Police arrested a grocery shop owner for raping a nine-year-old girl in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar yesterday.

Five people were injured in a clash between relatives of a freedom fighter and doctors and staff of Tangail General Hospital last night.

Bhasan Char is a much better place than the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar, observed the UN delegation that visited the island recently.

The High Court today directed the authorities concerned to suspend Principal of Murari Chand College in Sylhet Prof Mohammad Saleh Ahmed and hostel superintendent Jiban Krishna Acharaya in seven days for their negligence and failure to save a woman from being gang-raped on the campus in September last year.

Border areas of Satkhira district have been put on high alert considering a surge in Covid-19 cases in neighbouring India.

The Supreme Court today upheld a High Court verdict that cleared BNP leader Mosaddek Ali Falu from trial proceedings of a relief scam case filed during the regime of army-backed caretaker government in 2007.

The Supreme Court today upheld a High Court ruling that Tufan Sarkar, a suspended Sramik League leader of Bogura who is accused of committing corruption, cannot seek bail from any court for six months for resorting to fraudulence.