The government is going to bring buses of three more routes under one company soon to bring discipline to the city's transport sector and provide increased service to the passengers, said Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today.

Stating that the country is running through bureaucratic administration, Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader today said, there is no accountability anywhere in the country.

Shakib Al Hasan’s all-round performance and Munim Shahriar’s blistering knock at the top guided Fortune Barishal in registering a 32-run win over Comilla Victorians in the opening game of the Sylhet leg of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) today.

At least 9,369 new infections were recorded and 38 people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Awami League lawmakers Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya and Qamrul Islam have become the party’s presidium members.

Nasrul Hamid, state minister for power, energy and mineral resources, said the government is concerned about the customers’ dissatisfaction with the new gas pricing.

The government yesterday rolled out the Digital Business Identification (DBID) as part of its efforts to restore discipline in the digital commerce sector and check irregularities.

Until 1948, the State Language Movement was a movement of the intelligentsia and the students; it did not find its place among the masses.

Newspaper owners yesterday urged the government to bring down the taxes in the next national budget as the sector looks to stage a comeback after being battered by the pandemic.

A one-litre bottle of soybean oil will now cost Tk 168, as the commerce ministry yesterday agreed to the refiners’ proposal of hiking the prices of edible oils.

Prof Zahir Uddin Ahmed is relieved from his position of the director of students counselling and guidance at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology.

A Dhaka court today granted permanent bail to actress Sabnam Faria in a fraud case filed for her involvement with E-commerce platform Evaly.

Steps will be taken against those involved in negligence that caused deaths of 11 zebras, and a lioness at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur, Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Md Shahab Uddin said today.

Relatives of a war criminal allegedly grabbed land of Birangana Jamina Begum in Patuakhali.

Pace bowler Ripon Mondol was the only Bangladeshi representative in the ICC’s Most Valuable Team of the Tournament from the just-concluded U-19 World Cup.

India clinched a record-extending fifth Under-19 World Cup title on Saturday after a late partnership between Nishant Sindhu and Raj Bawa sealed a four-wicket win over England in a low-scoring game in Antigua.

President Abdul Hamid has formed a six-member search committee, led by Justice Obaidul Hassan, in line with the new law on forming the Election Commission.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said the country’s law enforcement agencies are not involved in enforced disappearances.

Around 11:30am, (on February 21, 1952) police fired tear gas as students started coming out of the university in groups. Initially, we kept a list of those who were coming out as well as those who were arrested. But it was no longer possible after a while as students rushed out in large numbers.

The new Paxovir will be a game changer in treating Covid-19 patients with mild to moderate symptoms as it reduces the need for hospitalisation and risk of death by almost 89 percent, said speakers at a scientific seminar yesterday.