The government yesterday informed the High Court that it has reopened the Ramna Park in Dhaka, clearing the way for the people to walk and exercise in the park after more than six months.

A writ petition was filed yesterday with the High Court seeking its order on the government to postpone the upcoming O-and A-level examinations while students continue protests demanding the cancellation of exams amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Four members of a family died in Dinajpur’s Parbatipur upazila as their mud house collapsed on them early yesterday.

Scientists have unearthed the remains of Jurassic sea predators resembling killer whales in the world’s driest desert in Chile.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and others in his party on Saturday blasted President Donald Trump’s choice of conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court, focusing in particular on the threat they said she would pose to healthcare for millions of Americans.

Dhaka has urged Riyadh to increase flight frequency between Bangladesh and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to facilitate quick return of Bangladeshi migrant workers to their workplaces in the gulf nation.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed the need for better cooperation with neighbouring countries for the development of the people of this region.

Indian police hauled in Bollywood megastar Deepika Padukone for questioning yesterday in an escalating drugs probe following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud will discuss bilateral and current issues over phone today.

US President Donald Trump was set to unveil his Supreme Court nominee yesterday, barely five weeks out from the November 3 presidential election, with US media reporting that he has chosen conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett for the job.

Thirty-six people were reported dead from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8:30am yesterday, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Ousting party general secretary Dr Reza Kibria, a faction of Gonoforum leaders on Saturday decided to hold the party’s national council on December 26 next.

Recurrence of flood and incessant rain are hitting people hard in the northern districts of the country.

By-election to Pabna-4 was held yesterday amid a low voter turnout and allegation and counter-allegation over the polls.

Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman expresses his firm confidence that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country would ever remain intact under the united and coordinated efforts of the heroic Bangladesh Air force, the Army and the Navy.

The water has a yellowish tinge and is even somewhat black in parts. The strong stench it emanates keeps people from going near it.

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. A five-year-old giant African pouched rat called Magawa, however, has to be one of the world’s most unlikely life-savers.

The number of coronavirus cases in the United States topped 7 million - more than 20% of the world’s total - as governments across the globe struggle to contain a surge in coronavirus infections.

By-election to Pabna-4 (Ishwardi-Atghoria) is going to be held today.

Nineteen people were sued yesterday for assisting Pradeep Kumar Das, suspended officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station, in filing a fabricated case and torturing journalist Faridul Islam.