The Election Commission (EC) will hold by-elections to four parliamentary constituencies mid-July.

The authorities of a private tea garden allegedly cut down around 1,000 trees at a punji (village) in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila without permission from Forest Department.

A man was killed and 13 were injured in a head-on collision of two buses at Choddopai area in Rajshahi city’s outskirts this afternoon.

The High Court today refused to grant bail to Regent Group chairman Mohammad Shahed in a case filed on charge of laundering Tk 11.2 crore.

Walton Hi-Tech Industries Ltd has decided to open branches or liaison offices in six countries, including India, Nepal, the UAE and South Korea as part of its move to expand its footprint and source technology globally.

Khulna district administration has taken extensive preparations to tackle Cyclone Yaas. Work on preparing 1,048 shelters in nine upazilas has already started. In addition, 114 medical teams are kept ready along with several thousand volunteers. Fire Service and Civil Defense are also prepared.

The High Court today cautioned Supreme Court lawyer Md Eunus Ali Akond for his "conduct" with the court at different times.

Inter-district bus, train and launch services resumed at half capacity today across the country.

The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra were advised to hoist distant warning signal number 2 today, instead of cautionary signal number 1, as the depression over the southeast Bay and adjoining Andaman Sea intensified into cyclonic storm “Yaas”.

Internet service across the country is likely to be slow for around eight hours on Friday, according to Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL)

Bangladesh Bank has decided to roll out a refinance scheme of Tk 100 crore to help bus owners affected by the restrictions on movements.

Construction work of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum at Dahagram of Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat has been halted due to obstruction by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF).

Saying the travel ban on Israel remains for Bangladeshi passport-holders, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today posted a reaction to Israeli foreign ministry’s tweet which welcomed the removal of the words “all countries except Israel” in the new booklets of e-passports.

Special allocation is needed for the cottage, micro, small, and medium enterprises (CMSMEs) in the upcoming budget to recover the losses induced by the Covid-19 pandemic, speakers said at a webinar.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today alleged that the lower court has issued a what is likely to be a “dictated” order by granting “conditional” bail to Prothom Alo Senior Journalist Rozina Islam.

People who took the first Covid-19 jab still has time to take the second dose, as the gap between the two jabs can be as long as 12 weeks, up from eight weeks maintained in Bangladesh, experts said at a webinar today.

The Supreme Court today cleared the way for Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) to stop stone business of MAQ Enterprise and to confiscate and auction the stone at the foreshore of Buriganga River in Munshikhola area under Kadamtali Police Station.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) today arrested a union parishad member along with 80 pieces of yaba tablets in Saturia upazila of Manikganj.

Bangladesh-US economic relation has largely remained unutilised although after 50th anniversary of independence of the Asian country as Bangladesh’s bilateral trade with the US is too poor compared to that of its competitive countries, experts said today.

A man was killed and three others were critically injured in a collision between a truck and a CNG-run autorickshaw at Muladuli area of Pabna-Rajshahi highway today.