Smart homes are probably the next step in modern lifestyles. But they are still a bit rare in Bangladesh to get your hands on them.

The days have turned hot and sultry; the nights and the mornings have cooled down. This year, autumn comes soaked in the dew of renewed optimism, albeit not without its dash of melancholia.

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore are tackling food waste by turning discarded durian husks into antibacterial gel bandages.

The government can seek bank account details of anybody for any reason, Information Minister Hasan Mahmud said yesterday.

The Government of People’s Republic of Bangladesh announced today the composition and names of the members of the Bangladesh delegation to the United Nations General Assembly.

The cyber tribunal of Rajshahi suggested Facebook adopt policies that are compatible with Bangladesh’s social system, said Ismat Ara, the public prosecutor of the court.

Eighty-five girl students out of 345 of Baravita Girls High School in Kurigram’s Phulbari upazila have been married off during the closure of the school amid the pandemic.

Thirty-seven Bangladeshis returned through Benapole check post this afternoon after serving three years in jail in India.

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

Police arrested eight people in connection with a case filed over robbing two gold jewellery shops in Munshiganj’s Sadar upazila.

The government is forging ahead with its plan to set up the country’s largest export processing zone on 1,842 acres of farmland under the Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha district that the local santal community says belongs to them.

Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission closed down 59 internet protocol television (IPTV) channels yesterday for not possessing valid licences to operate.

A parliamentary body yesterday strongly opposed the public administration ministry’s plan to build a civil service academy in Cox’s Bazar on 700 acres of land that has been declared as protected forest and ecologically critical area (ECA).

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics is going to develop what officials said would be an extensive and comprehensive identity database containing demographic and biometric particulars of every resident of the country.

Purba Satunama Aminpara Government Primary School, situated at remote Satunama shoal area along the Tessta river in Dimla upazila, had no physical existence since it was washed away in the last year’s flood.

Schools in the country have recently been reopened following a long break due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, Ramnagar Poshchimpara Primary School in Kushtia’s Mirpur upazila is still off limits to its students.

The murder and its political background

Four SpaceX tourists returned to Earth safely on Saturday after spending three days in space, successfully concluding the first orbital

World leaders are returning to the United Nations in New York this week with a focus on boosting efforts to fight both climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic, which last year forced them to send video statements for the annual gathering.

The Bangladesh cabinet met today and discussed the budget of the Ministry of Defence. The acute shortage of winter clothing and other necessary items for the fighting forces and the youth camp trainees was brought to focus.