Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) has been celebrating National Film Day on April 3 since 2012, with elaborate programmes in the capital under an initiative of Ministry of Information.

A defunct Chinese space lab disintegrated under intense heat as it hurtled through Earth's atmosphere yesterday and plunged to a watery grave in the South Pacific, Chinese officials said.

Transparency International Bangladesh yesterday termed the Bangladesh Association of Banks' proposal of formulating the Bank Reporting Act as illegal and expressed deep concern over it.

A Chhatra League leader was shot and hacked to death by his rivals at Pakshey in Pabna's Ishwardi upazila on Sunday night, said police.

Ridesharing mobile apps have already gained popularity among the city dwellers with some of the service providers offering car rides, some motorcycle rides and some offering both.

Winnie Mandela, the former wife of South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, died yesterday at the age of 81, her spokesman said.

When it comes to Boro paddy, Sunamganj usually offers a lion's share of the nationwide harvest. But for the last two years the district has suffered from flash floods, with the 2017 crop in Sunamganj and other haor wetland areas of the northeast all but wiped out.

A police constable was arrested yesterday in a case filed over the seizure of 3,000 yaba tablets in the port city a few days ago.

Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Wednesday begins key talks with parties on forming a government after last month's election left a hung parliament.

Even though signing of the Teesta water-sharing agreement is unlikely in the near future, the issue will dominate the talks between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi during the Commonwealth summit in London on April 16-20.

China has increased tariffs by up to 25 percent on 128 US products, from frozen pork and wine to certain fruits and nuts, escalating a spat between the world's biggest economies in response to US duties on imports of aluminium and steel.

A mother and her son were found dead at a house in Kharpara residential area of Mirabazar in Sylhet city yesterday morning.

Two people including a fugitive accused of raping a five-year-old girl in Cox's Bazar were killed in “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in the last two days.

Eight people were killed and 26 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch after hitting a tree at Birshordi in Gopalganj's Muksudpur early yesterday.

The Iraq War, in its aftermath, has created dreaded forces like the al-Qaeda, the IS, the ISIS, or the ISIL. As the various regions of the Middle East today lie in ruins, causing hundreds and thousands to flee as refugees, the Shias and Sunnis battle out their centuries-old rivalries to regain superiority in a land balkanized along ethnic identities.

The environment of St Martin's Island can hardly cope with the pressure of 900 tourists a day, but nearly 10,000 people go there for overnight visits every day during peak season, Sultan Ahmed, director general of the Department of Environment, said yesterday.

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Asia Pacific Prof Jamilur Reza Choudhury yesterday urged the Anti-Corruption Commission to rein in irregularities in recruitments, promotions, and transfers in civil service.

US President Donald Trump -- who has himself been repeatedly accused of sexual misconduct -- has designated April 2018 "National

Election to Gazipur and Khulna city corporations are scheduled to be held on May 15.

The imam of a mosque in West Bengal's Asansol town has appealed for peace and restraint hours after his 16-year-old son was found dead following the violence that started in the industrial town and other areas in the state after the Ram Navami celebrations last Sunday.