Pensioners will receive their monthly allowance on time under the Universal Pension Scheme by way of electronic fund transfer thanks to a clause in the draft National Pension Authority Act-2022.

The government is going to undertake a major survey to assess the animals that Bengal tigers prey on in the Sundarbans and also monitor the current situation of the habitat under a new project of the forest department.

Fuel prices would rise further in the international market if the Russia-Ukraine war prolongs, said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday.

With the kind of year Bangladesh have already had, it is only logical to say that the Mominul Haque-led side will back themselves to break further ground by sealing a maiden Test win on South African soil when the two sides meet in the first of two-Test series at Kingsmead in Durban today.

Freedom of expression continued to be heavily curtailed by draconian laws in Bangladesh in 2021, Amnesty International said.

Natural disasters like floods, drought, cyclones and river erosion have caused almost Tk 30,000 crore in damages a year between 2015 and 2020, found a first-of-its-kind government survey.

Bangladesh is looking into cash-strapped Sri Lanka’s request for another loan of $250 million but no decision has been made yet in this regard, said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen.

Bangladesh and UN agencies yesterday presented their Joint Response Plan 2022, seeking to raise $881 million in humanitarian assistance for the Rohingyas and the Bangladeshi host communities.

It is painful and embarrassing that Dhaka is one of the most unlivable cities and the most polluted one in the world, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said yesterday.

Russia said it would scale down fighting around two Ukrainian cities following “meaningful” talks with Ukraine yesterday, as officials raised the prospect of a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents.

Shanghai yesterday recorded a steep climb in Covid-19 cases as panic-buying in the Chinese city of about 25 million stripped supermarket shelves bare.

Police recovered the body of an elderly man from a school in Chattogram’s Satkania upazila yesterday morning.

An assistant teacher of Begumpur Government Primary School in Chuadanga has been suspended over marrying off her 10th grader son to a class-5 schoolgirl.

The names of top officials of the central bank, including former and current deputy governors and executive directors, have come up in the embezzlement of Tk 2,500 crore from International Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (ILFSL).

Police have arrested three men, including an air conditioner technician, over the murder of a woman in the capital’s Sabujbagh four days ago.

A primary school teacher in Chuadanga recently arranged the “marriage” of her 10th grader son with a fifth grader of her school.

The cabinet yesterday approved in principle a bill that carries up to capital punishment for any Ansar member taking part in a mutiny, provoking it or conspiring to do so.

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced Kashem Sharif, former president of Niko Resources (Bangladesh) Ltd, to five years’ rigorous imprisonment for taking bribe from Niko, a Canadian Oil and Gas Exploration Company.

The 94th Academy awards were historic, but not in the sense that you are probably thinking.

Leaders and activists of Left Democratic Alliance (LDA) clashed with police and also were attacked allegedly by ruling Awami League supporters in the capital and some other major cities during its nationwide half-day hartal yesterday.