A Belarusian activist living in exile in Ukraine was found hanged in a park near his home in Kyiv early on Tuesday, and Ukrainian police said they had launched a murder case.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today handed over newly-constructed flats to 300 low-income families as they were living in slums, enabling them to avail civic amenities.

The High Court refused to deliver an order on a writ petition today that sought its directive on the government to immediately increase the number of beds or seats for Covid-19 patients at every hospital for their proper treatment.

The High Court today upheld the customs officials' decision to seize 18 cows of Brahman breed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on July 5, as those were imported without prior permission from the authorities concerned of the government and without opening letter of credit (LC).

Trading of 25 fruit importers was halted yesterday after Benapole Customs House authorities suspended their licenses for not paying Tk 10 crore in outstanding revenue.

A photo of a father and daughter -- in police and army uniforms -- saluting each other went viral on Facebook yesterday, touching the hearts of netizens.

An estimated 4.7 million fewer girls are expected to be born globally in the next 10 years because of sex-selective practices in countries with a cultural preference for male offspring, a trend that could undermine social cohesion in the long term, research showed on Tuesday.

The divorce between Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, cofounders of one of the world’s largest private charitable foundations, was finalized on Monday, a court document showed.

Bangladesh Bank has asked banks to send details of clients who got loans from the government’s stimulus package in order to ensure probe whether the low-cost funds went to productive sectors.

Nineteen people – 10 female and nine male -- died at the Covid unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in 24 hours till 8am today.

An accused in a drug case died in custody of Uttara East Police Station early today.

World Bank has addressed the Rohingya issue on its website today.

Rab arrested two associates of businessperson turned politician Helena Jahangir on charge of "spreading propaganda and misleading information" on digital platforms to defame important personalities and state agencies.

With a new wave of Covid-19 infections fueled by the Delta variant striking countries worldwide, disease experts are scrambling to learn whether the latest version of coronavirus is making people - mainly the unvaccinated - sicker than before.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck Indonesia's Mentawai island region on Tuesday, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).

Leaving no one behind: Indigenous peoples and the call for a new social contract” is the theme to celebrate this year’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Unfortunately, the government had decided to scrap quotas for class-I and Class-II jobs in Bangladesh in October 2018, following large scale protests in the country. The quota system was introduced through an executive order in 1972 and has been amended several times since. Before the abolition of the quota system in first and second-class government services, 5 per cent quota used to be allocated for the ethnic communities. Quota system was introduced to facilitate representation of a portion of ethnic minorities in government services.

Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra today declared that the government and the people of Bangladesh would treat UN observers as collaborators of the Pakistani junta.

Two farmers were killed in lightning strikes in Joypurhat’s Panchbibi upazila yesterday.

While thoroughly washing hands with soap and water is the most ideal approach to get rid of these particles, it is not always an available option and depends on the surrounding.

Fusion food is an art of cooking that involves combining varying and contrasting culinary traditions, or techniques, into one single dish.