After the national grid line failure this afternoon, people from residential and other complexes rushed to nearby petrol pumps to purchase fuel for powering their generators.

Power supply to all areas of Dhaka city will be restored by 8pm today (October 4, 2022).

Two people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00 am today (October 3, 2022), said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

People of Hindu community are observing ‘Kumari Puja’ on the Maha Ashtami of five-day long Durga Puja across the country today (October 3, 2022} after two years of hiatus caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

BNP today said its “simultaneous movement” to oust the government from the office will be launched under the leadership of its chairperson Khaleda Zia.

A Dhaka court has again asked Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to submit -- by November 2 -- the report on further investigation into the case filed over death of ASP Anisul Karim Shipon on November 9, 2020.

Md Balayet Sheikh, who participated in the entry tests of different universities at the age of 55, finally got admitted to the Department of Journalism, Communication and Media Studies at State University of Bangladesh in Dhaka.

More rains are likely to drench Bangladesh in 24 hours commencing 9 am today (October 3, 2022) as the low-pressure area over North Bay and adjoining central Bay now lies over Northwest Bay and adjoining West central Bay, said the weather department.

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has cut down the price of private operators’ liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders by Tk 35 to Tk 1,200 per 12 kg.

A woman died after a double-decker BRTC bus hit her in Gulistan this afternoon.

Amir Hossain had been working at a fast-food restaurant near the Dhaka airport but he was often seen at the airport premises with a passport and a luggage in hands.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister, also Awami League General Secretary, Obaidul Quader today urged party leaders and workers to resist communal forces during Durga Puja.

A member of the Hijra community was stabbed to death in Dhaka’s Paribagh area early today.

Once pirates roamed freely in the Sundarbans and fishermen feared their brutality. Abduction, murder, and violence were the form of life in the deep forest. But Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) cleared the mangrove forest from that. Operation Sundarbans is the story of Rab's thrilling operations.

Planning Minister MA Mannan has said that the price of essentials or inflation cannot be reduced using sticks and stones or by using force.

Two people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:00 am today (September 29, 2022), said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A Dhaka tribunal today sentenced the son-in-law of Shahriar Rashid Khan, an executed killer of Bangabandhu, to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment for his derogatory remarks about the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and for glorifying his killers on Facebook.

Police recovered the body of a British national from a hotel in Dhaka’s Uttara area this morning.

Open waste in Dhaka city has been reduced to 30 percent from 90 per cent in the last two years, said Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today (September 28, 2022).

Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) President Sultana Kamal today (September 28, 2022) said there can be no development in the country by destroying the environment.