A 25-year-old man who was critically injured in an attack by supporters of a defeated Upazila Parishad election candidate in Naogaon’s Bodolgachhi, died in a Bogura hospital yesterday.

He was a man of many hats: a writer, a linguist, a teacher, a researcher, and a Language Movement veteran.

Every December, Amin Hemrom is overpowered by emotions -- so powerful that, on occasions, they lead him to tears of joy. On those days, he says, his heart beats faster and his breaths get heavier as he recalls the wartime memories.  

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the relations between Bangladesh and India have reached new heights.

The prime minister of Bangladesh, Tajuddin Ahmad, today said the proposal to send UN observers to Bangladesh was nothing but a “planned conspiracy” and “a foul attempt to protect the military regime from the back door”.

Rozina Akter set out to take care of the needy family when her husband was unable to earn a living due to physical illness. Now she is the only female among the drivers of nearly 10,000 battery-run auto rickshaws plying in Tangail town every day.

Tourists are thronging an abandoned canal and a pond in the town’s Kalyanpur area where thousands of bright red water lilies have blossomed.

At least 10 people have been injured as two rival Awami League factions clashed after the Union Parishad elections at the Charkur area of Lokhmikunda union in Pabna’s Ishwardi upazila.

BioNTech and Pfizer's established Covid-19 vaccine will likely offer strong protection against any severe disease from the new Omicron virus variant, BioNTech's Chief Executive told Reuters.

Barbados declared hit singer Rihanna a national hero at its republican celebrations in her hometown of Bridgetown.

Barbados stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history.

The government will administer Covid-19 booster doses to senior citizens (aged 60 and above), but the date for the campaign has not yet been decided, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

Three frauds -- referring to themselves as “Jiner Badsha” (master of Jinn) and luring people with promises of secret wealth -- were sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for life in a case filed over raping a mother and her daughter in 2018 in Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj upazila.

Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) will go for election on January 16, Election Commission (EC) announced today.

Rash Purnima -- one of the major festivals of the Manipuri community -- is celebrated during the full moon of autumn. According to legend, In 1779, Maharaja Bhagya Chandra, on the day of Shukla Purnima in the Bangla month of Agrahayan, began this tradition.

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

Pakistan cruised to an eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series in Chattogram on Tuesday.

Neymar is expected to be sidelined for between six and eight weeks after sustaining ligament damage to his left ankle, Paris Saint-Germain said on Monday.

Cristiano Ronaldo has hit back at comments made by Ballon d'Or organiser Pascal Ferre, saying the editor-in-chief of France Football "lied" about his rivalry with Lionel Messi.

Lionel Messi won the men's Ballon d'Or award for a record-extending seventh time at a ceremony in Paris on Monday.