The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain in a week why it should not be directed to re-fix the tariff of petroleum products including kerosene and diesel as per relevant provisions of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) Act, 2013.

Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi today suggested straightway withdrawal of Pakistani troops from Bangladesh as a gesture of peace . The presence of troops in Bangladesh is a “threat to our security”, she claimed.

A school playground in Tarakanda upazila was leased out to a construction firm in September 2020 and the lease has been extended till March 2022.

The two-day investment summit, which concluded yesterday, received investment proposals of $2.7 billion from domestic and international companies in different sectors. 

Tashnuva Anan Shishir, who made history by becoming Bangladesh’s first-ever transgender woman news presenter on a television channel, has been featured in the prestigious Time Magazine’s top 100 best photos of 2021.

The tragic road accident and the unfortunate death of Nayeem Hasan, a student of Notre Dame College, on November 24, sparked protests as fellow students took to the streets of Dhaka yet again. They demanded a speedy trial of the accused, compensation for the family, strict traffic laws, etc.

The two day-long International Investment Summit 2021 that came to an end today could attract USD 2.7 billion worth of investment from domestic and international companies in different sectors in Dhaka.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said the government did not interfere or intervene in any of the elections.

With an expanded definition to reflect the times, Merriam-Webster has declared an omnipresent truth as its 2021 word of the year: vaccine.

Two persons were injured after a wall collapsed inside the Kabi Jasimuddin Hall canteen of Dhaka University today.

Police today arrested three people, including a microbus driver, for reportedly beating a bus driver to death in Chattogram city’s Muradpur area on November 26.

Virgil Abloh, the American-born son of Ghanaian immigrants who became fashion's highest profile Black designer and the creative mind behind Louis Vuitton's menswear collections, died on Sunday at age 41, following a two-year battle with a rare form of cancer.

Australia said on Monday it would delay the reopening of its international border by two weeks after reporting its first cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant.

Gazipur City Corporation’s suspended mayor Mohammad Zahangir Alam was sued under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for making derogatory comments on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the Liberation War martyrs.

After over 19 months, the Appellate Division of Supreme Court will resume in-person judicial functions from Wednesday (December 1) -- strictly following health safety rules.

Authorities of Rabindra University decided to keep teacher Farhana Yasmin Baten -- accused of forcibly cutting students’ hair -- away for three years from the university’s academic and administrative activities.

Two people were killed and four injured in Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) firing at Ghidhob Government Primary School polling centre at Khangaon union in Pirganj upazila of Thakurgaon last night.

We are publishing in full a rejoinder sent in by the Power Division of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources on our report titled “Matarbari Coal Power Plant: Nature sacrificed for power” published on November 17. Given the importance of the subject, we took some time to prepare our reply.

A man, accused in a case for killing an elephant earlier this month, was trampled to death by a herd of elephants in Cox’s Bazar Chakaria on Saturday.

The Pakistan government was called upon today to release details of the trial of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The demand came from the independent International Commission of Jurists which expressed its deep concern over the cloak of silence as to the trial.