The service sector can be an emerging area for attracting British investment, speakers said at a virtual dialogue today.

One died and at least 252 more dengue patients were hospitalized in the last 24 hours till 8:00 am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

OGS has set himself to bring the “United Way” back to the club.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said that a new agreement of receiving 10.5 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses has been signed with the World Health Organization (WHO).

The agriculture ministry implemented 99 per cent of the annual development programme last fiscal year, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said today.

Bata Shoe Company (Bangladesh), one of the widely known footwear brands in the country, returned to profit in April-June period of the current year after incurring a massive loss in the same quarter last year.

Police today arrested a man on charges of raping two garment workers in Narayanganj’s Sadar upazila.

Arambagh Krira Sangha have been fined Tk 500,000 and relegated to the first division -- the third tier of football in the country -- after allegations of spot-fixing, live betting, match malipulation and online betting were found to be correct by the Bangladesh Football Federation.

Hundreds of people are afraid of losing their houses and land, as water levels of Jamuna, Dhaleshwari and Jhenai rivers have been rising above the danger level, flooding most of Tangail district.

Bangladesh Cricket Board's operations committee chairman Akram Khan has said that both Mustafizur Rahman and Shakib Al Hasan will be granted no-objection certificates for taking part in the second phase of the Indian Premier League.

Bangladesh is celebrating 50 years of its independence. In the past 50 years, we have crossed many milestones on economic and social fronts and achieved many things that were once deemed impossible. Bangladesh has even qualified for LDC graduation this year. All these have been possible because of innumerable contributions from people belonging to myriads of professions and strata. Standing on the 50-year milestone of our independence, it is important that we take a look back and derive some inspiration from those people who have strained every nerve to take the country forward. At the same time, it is significant that the youth who will lead the country to achieve many more milestones in the next 50 years are being guided in the right ways. To do so, building a thought-bridge between the pioneers of our country and the future leaders is vital.   

Prof Dr Golam Shabbir Sattar has been appointed as the new vice-chancellor of Rajshahi University (RU), three months after the tenure of his predecessor Prof M Abdus Sobhan expired.

A total of 227 communication and marketing enthusiasts have been awarded “COMMWARD 2021”, an accolade for the advertising sector people in Bangladesh.

A Dhaka court today rejected a bail petition of Model and former TV presenter Faria Mahbub Piyasha in a case filed with Gulshan Police Station under the Narcotics Control Act.

A Dhaka court today placed Md Nazmul Alam Russel, former chief operating officer of Eorange, on a four-day remand in a case filed over embezzlement of around Tk 1,100 crore.

Counterterrorism officials claimed to have arrested the first-ever female operative of the banned militant group Ansar al Islam.

India’s Border Security Force (BSF) shot to death two Bangladeshis along Burimari Bandermatha frontier in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat this morning.

Some residents of Old Dhaka today staged a demonstration, with larvae of Aedes mosquito, in front of Nagar Bhaban in Dhaka today.

The government has banned all rallies and processions tomorrow (August 30) ahead of the religious festival Janmashtami which marks the birth of Lord Sri Krishna.

Capt Naushad Qayyum -- the Biman Bangladesh Airlines pilot who suffered a heart attack mid-air on Friday -- is clinically dead, Capt Shoaib Chowdhury, a senior pilot of Biman, has confirmed to The Daily Star.