Aggrieved over their reduced pay and perks, Biman Bangladesh Airlines today gave a four-day ultimatum to the authorities to resume their pre-Covid 19 period salaries and pay them the same amount as other officials of the national flag carrier. 

A Cox’s Bazar court today placed three accused on a two-day remand in a case filed over murder of Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah.

Major General Md Wahid-Uz-Zaman has been appointed the new director general of Department of Immigration and Passports (DIP).

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

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has dubbed current team management of Bangladesh as a ‘rehab centre’, saying that ‘this rehab centre is the resort for all South African coaches looking for employment’.

A controversial US capital venture fund and an Indian tycoon on Monday bid more than $1.6 billion dollars between them to set up two new teams in the Indian Premier League, the world's richest cricket tournament.

Barcelona and Boca Juniors, two of Diego Maradona's former clubs, will play a friendly in honour of the late Argentine great on December 14 in Saudi Arabia.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan said the return of Ben Stokes to the squad for the Ashes tour could swing the series in their favour against an Australian side still scarred by the all-rounder's heroics at Headingley two years ago.

When Jibon Sarker (not his real name) joined the police force as a constable about 10 years ago, he took it for a life-changing job. In many ways, it is; but not for the right reasons.

Child labour and child marriages have surged in Bangladesh amid the pandemic, found a recent study by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) -- unravelling the decades of progress made on bringing down the two social ills.

The government is going to cancel licences of the millers who violated contracts by failing to supply Boro rice to it during this current season.

The government’s 22-day ban on catching hilsa to ensure its safe spawning during the peak breeding period ended at midnight yesterday.

Thirteen nations and five international organisations agreed in Paris today to a worldwide effort to meet the cost of the growing refugee problem in India.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said South Asian nations should work together to eliminate hunger and illiteracy for the wellbeing of the people of this region.

Farmers in Kushtia exceeded the targeted cultivation of Aman rice in the district this year, but they are getting increasingly worried about reaping a good harvest due to a rise in pest infestations at some rice fields.

Thirty-two-year-old Zakaria Hossain, a resident of Dakkhin Sonakhuli village in Nilphamari’s Dimla upazila, was not born blind.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule questioning why the government’s decision to not provide new gas connections in residential areas should not be declared illegal.

Youths transforming communities through social initiatives can apply for the fifth instalment of the Joy Bangla Youth Award till October 31.

Bangladesh and Japan today signed the “Japanese Grant Aid for the Fourth Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP4).”

Around 35 leaders and activists of BNP-Jamaat were indicted today in a case filed over violence in 2013 in Fatikchhari upazila’s Bhujpur area of Chattogram.