The way the people are moving from one district to another is nothing but a "suicidal decision", Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

Consumers will experience gas shortage or low-pressure related issues in different areas of Dhaka, Tangail, Narsingdi and Manikganj from today till May 15, due to maintenance work on the national gas transmission grid.

Twenty-six people were injured during a clash between garments workers and police in Gazipur’s Tongi today, witnesses said.

Md Nahid Mia and his wife Surma Akhter live in Dhaka’s Lalbagh. They were going to Surma's village home in Barguna's Amtali to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr yesterday.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested 27 people, including women and children, who were entering the country illegally through Matila and Samanta borders in Maheshpur upazila of Jhenaidah early today.

A minimum of 5.92 million primary and secondary students are at risk of learning loss since the Covid-19 pandemic has closed educational institutions for more than a year.

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming today said Bangladesh should not join the "Quad", a US-led initiative, and that Bangladesh’s relations with China will "substantially be damaged" if it joins it.

Hefajat-e-Islam's former joint secretary general Mamunul Haque and Rafiqul Islam Madani, widely known as "Shishu Bokta", were sent to jail today on completion of their remand. They were produced before a Dhaka court in three cases filed with Motijheel and Paltan police stations over the recent violence in the capital.

Hundreds of desperate holidaymakers were seen forcibly boarding ferries at Shimulia ghat, along with ambulances and vehicles carrying dead bodies.

Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan has recently come to the limelight as initiatives have been taken to cut down trees for implementing a mega project there.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated firm solidarity with India in a letter addressed to her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.

At least 100 buses have been seized in Cumilla over the last two days -- till last night -- for operating services, violating government directives.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has decided to operate necessary number of courts -- at all tiers -- during the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday so that people can move cases to get remedy from courts.

People desperate to go home for Eid-ul-Fitr were flocking at the Paturia ferry ghat since this morning despite suspension of ferry services.

Considering the current Covid-19 situation in the country, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) authorities have postponed the admission test for 2020-21 academic session, originally scheduled for June 10.

Some Supreme Court lawyers and rights organisations have initiated legal battles in order to protect historic places at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital and its original and natural beauty.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today urged ministers to maintain decency and political etiquette when making comments on former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.

As part of the second consignment, six more coaches of metro train have reached Mongla port.

A man was arrested yesterday over killing his father a few weeks ago over borrowing of Tk 2,000 and not being able to return it in Pabna.

Thousands of homebound people are leaving Dhaka city, boarding whatever vehicles they found on the streets -- posing a great risk of Covid-19 spread across the country.