Dhaka has long been detached from the lush green identity of typical Bengal delta. This concrete labyrinth, full of dust and chaos, now has the last residues of green. But does urbanisation come only at the cost of nature? Does construction really need a barren foundation? Why is Dhaka failing to embrace nature as her innate part? Can this still be redeemed?

A case was filed against the general secretary of Naragati Thana Awami League for allegedly torturing a child in Kalia of Narail.

A legal notice was served on the government to suspend MBBS admission process for academic session 2020-21 in three days, claiming its merit list was "flawed".

BNP has termed the government’s reasoning -- on legal grounds -- for not accepting the application from Khaleda Zia's family to allow her to go abroad for medical treatment "unacceptable".

Two people were killed and four others were injured in a head-on collision between two motorcycles on Dhaka-Mawa Highway in Sreenagar upazila of Munshiganj today.

Police rescued 24 Rohingyas -- 14 female, five male, and five children -- from Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar while being trafficked to Malaysia.

The National Moon Sighting Committee will meet tomorrow evening to set the date of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of Muslims.

The Jatiya Sangsad will go into the budget session on June 2.

A driver went missing after a microbus fell from the pontoon and sank in the river at Daulatdia ferry ghat in Rajbari this morning.

Fire broke out at a six-storey building in Dhaka’s Banani today.

Agricultural minister today said that attaining self-sufficiency in rice production might take three to five years for Bangladesh.

Fifty trees have been cut down to implement the third phase of Swadhinata Stambha and 50 more may have to be felled for the project, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque said today.

Thousands of holidaymakers, mostly garment workers, were seen waiting for vehicles at Gazipur’s Chandra to reach their destinations in the country’s northern region.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said Bangladesh maintains a non-aligned and balanced foreign policy and it will decide what to do according to those principles.

The High Court asked Attorney General AM Amin Uddin today to take necessary steps so no trees at Suhrawardy Udyan are felled till May 20.

The country’s first metro train was in the public domain today as it was driven to Diabari’s coach unloading zone from workshop around 11:50am.

Three ferries left for Daulatdia from Paturia ferry ghat this morning with small cars and commuters besides ambulances and vehicles carrying bodies.

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming has said China is ready to help Bangladesh with more medical supplies, including medical oxygen, if the situation gets worse as it is facing the second wave of Covid-19.

Three dead dolphins, with injury marks on their bodies, have been found at different points of Kuakata sea beach recently.

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has started issuing driving licences and vehicle registration on a limited scale and in case of emergencies.