Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, a senior judge of the Appellate Division, was appointed the 23rd chief justice yesterday.

People in the northern region of the country have been suffering immensely due to bone-chilling cold.

Outsiders will be barred from entering the Dhaka University campus, Banani, Gulshan, Baridhara and Hatirjheel areas after 8:00pm tonight.

President Abdul Hamid yesterday urged the youths to work together for national development, humanity and welfare of the people.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday hoped that Bangladesh will one day be able to produce aircrafts and helicopters.

Two people were crushed under the wheels of separate trains in the capital’s Kuril area.

No outdoor celebration will be allowed on the 31st night like in previous years, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam today.

At least 50 people were injured in a clash between ruling Awami League and BNP men in Sirajganj this afternoon.

The government in India’s West Bengal state today announced a ban on all direct flights from the United Kingdom to Kolkata starting from January 3, till further notice, following a sudden rise in the number of Omicron cases.

Law Minister Anisul Huq today said the government will amend the Digital Security Act if there is any discontent, as the law has been abused and misused in some cases.

A Dhaka court today sent Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College's Assistant Professor, Dr Salauddin Chowdhury, to jail after rejecting both the remand and bail prayers in a case filed against him on charge of sexually harassing a student.

Iran said Thursday it launched a rocket with a satellite carrier bearing three devices into space, though it’s unclear if any of the objects entered orbit around the Earth.

Seven people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Detectives have arrested two more persons in connection with leaking question papers of recruitment tests for five state-run banks.

The government is close to striking a deal with foreign investors for reopening the six shut sugar mills as part of its plan to make the losing Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) sustainable.

The large brass statue of Manchester United footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, which was installed at a park in Calangute village on the beach of the Arabian Sea in Goa has triggered a controversy over his Portuguese linkage in a state which was once a colony of Portugal.

A syndicate responsible for Malaysia's ban on migrant worker recruitment from Bangladesh over corruption and irregularities is now controlling airfares to the Middle East, said manpower exporters at a meeting.

An Israeli was wounded in a shooting attack on the Gaza border on Wednesday, the military said, after a rare visit to Israel by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas drew condemnation from the enclave's Hamas rulers.

Eleven dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till 8 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

An official of a garment factory was arrested early today in a case filed over raping a worker in the factory at Ashulia in Savar.