Bangladeshi students studying in German universities but unable to go to the country since last year amid the pandemic appealed to the German embassy in Dhaka and the foreign ministry to facilitate the student visa process as some universities asked students to attend in-person classes from next semester.

The Cabinet has decided to allow only three-day holiday for the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of Muslims.

Seven global and regional human rights bodies have sent a letter to the United Nations Human Rights chief expressing concerns over the situation of media freedom in Bangladesh and urged her office to engage Bangladesh authorities to protect and respect freedom of expression.

BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has been shifted to the Coronary Care unit of Evercare Hospital in Dhaka this afternoon, as she is having breathing issues.

A fire broke out at Daser Bharani area under Sharankhola Range of Sundarbans East Forest Division today.

A court in Chattogram placed Hefajat-e-Islam’s central leader Mufti Harun Izhar on nine-day remand today, in three cases filed with Hathazari Police Station over March 26 mayhem centring the recent visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Three Hefajat leaders were placed on remand, on different terms, today in three cases filed with Paltan and Motijheel police stations over the 2013 mayhem and the recent violence in Dhaka.

Three were killed, and five others were injured, in two separate road accidents in Sirajganj this morning.

Rab today claimed to have arrested 12 persons, including a mastermind, behind illegal bitcoin operation in the country.

Three fishermen were arrested for using poison while fishing at a canal in Sundarbans’ Satkhira range this morning.

The 5 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine from China will reach Bangladesh by May 10, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

The consumers will now be able to buy a litre of edible oil at Tk 141 as the refiners and manufacturers have reduced the price by Tk 3 per litre.

Three people were killed after being hit by a truck on Sylhet-Tamabil highway in Jaintiapur upazila of Sylhet this morning.

At least 26 people were killed as a speedboat overturned after hitting a sand-laden bulkhead anchored in Padma in Madaripur’s Shibchar upazila this morning.

A union parishad member in Chitalmari upazila of Bagerhat has been accused of raping a Class-6 student by family members of the victim.

The Mamata Bannerjee-led Trinamool Congress is on its way to form the state government for the third time. Hindu-Muslim vote sharing, Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh, and Amit Shah’s controversial statements – with all these issues combined, how much does the West Bengal election result matter for Bangladesh?

In a major promotion in the police administration, seven superintendent of police (SP) ranked officials have been promoted to the rank of additional deputy inspector general and 63 additional superintendents of police have been promoted to SP.

An assistant sub-inspector of police was killed in a road crash today at Bhola’s Borhanuddin upazila.

The High Court today questioned the legality of allocating 912 plots at Purbachal New Town Project in Gazipur on charge of irregularities and corruption.

The central bank today gave go-ahead to the members of the e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) to remit abroad the fees for the advertisements broadcasted in different digital platforms.