Pathorghata Upazila Nirbahi Officer Hossain Mohammad Al Mujahid and his wife who were onboard the MV Abhijan-10 narrowly escaped the fire that caught the launch early today.

“When the twins were born, we were struggling to make ends meet. We could not even feed them properly and had to rely on rice powder. But my daughters were born as pearls in a poor household,” recollected an emotional Ripru Mog, the proud father of Anai Mogini, after his daughter landed among the stars by striking the all-important goal that presented Bangladesh a memorable triumph for the ages.

A complete genome sequence of salinity and submergence tolerant rice has been unveiled by the scientists of the Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) and Bangladesh Agricultural University for the first time in Bangladesh.

Milon Islam (25), a visually impaired student who received a national award in tabla in 2014, has been passing his days amid hardship and uncertainty over his further studies. Due to the lack of financial support, his aspiration for higher studies is getting blurred.

Bangladesh should follow its own model to ensure economic development, eminent economist Wahiduddin Mahmud said yesterday, after receiving the Bangladesh Bank Award-2020 for his contribution to the economy.

An HSC examinee was killed and two others were injured as a CNG-run three-wheeler carrying her fell into a river in Tangail’s Mirzapur upazila today.

Chittagong Development Authority’s canal excavation is causing structural damage to a temple, 3 buildings and 5 semi-finished houses in Majhir Ghat area. To ensure safety police have asked the residents to move out of their houses temporarily.

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

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday arrested the prime accused in a case filed for raping a pregnant woman in Ashulia in July of this year.

Education Minister Dipu Moni today said more than 95 percent textbooks will reach primary and secondary schools across the country by December 31.

The Chinese city of Xian has imposed tight curbs on outbound travel and commuting within the city, putting its 13 million residents in a lockdown as a new COVID-19 outbreak sees community cases tick higher.

Two persons died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

It can be argued that a hypothetical audience who only watched the last ten minutes of the Under-19 SAFF Championships final while somehow being unaware of the score-line might have gotten the impression that Bangladesh were desperately chasing the game in search of a late equaliser.

The Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 2022 will be underway from January 21, according to the press release from the Bangladesh Cricket Board.

Birangona (war heroine) Shefali Das has been living in an abandoned quarter of Bangladesh Railway with her youngest son Kamol Das as she does not have a house of her own.

So many words have been used to describe this nation in the last 50 years. Started from a bottomless basket, and along the way we’ve been called resilient, passionate, corrupt, greedy, full of warmth.

Dhaka University Provost Standing Committee has recommended cancelling an existing restriction on pregnant and married students staying at DU residential halls.

Anai Mogini's 80th-minute strike helped Bangladesh beat India 1-0 in the final to retain the SAFF U-19 Women's Championship at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur today.

A Dhaka court today placed Iftekhar Abedin on a two-day fresh remand in the third phase in a case filed over the death of his wife Elma Chowdhury Meghla.

Evergreen Japanese footballer Kazuyoshi Miura, now 54, has no intention of hanging up his boots and said that as many as eight Japanese clubs are after his signature for next season, Kyodo News agency reported on Tuesday.