Due to lack of education, indigenous people living both in plainlands and hill tracts are continuously being deprived of job opportunities, which pushes them to ultra-poverty, a study has found.

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad has tested positive for coronavirus.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today filed two separate cases against Mohammad Jawed Alam, a former additional chief engineer of the Roads and Highways Department, and his wife Anwara Begum for amassing about Tk 3.09 crore illegally.

A fire broke out at a 10-storey building in Dhaka’s Konapara area this afternoon.

Vistara Airlines, a joint venture between India’s Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, has started operating regular flights between Dhaka and Delhi.

Three men have been detained by Armed Police Battalion 16 in connection with the killing of man allegedly by Rohingya robbers in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

A Rangpur court today sent six police constables to jail in connection with securing jobs in Bangladesh Police using fake freedom fighter certificates.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government has been working to build a vibrant blue economy by utilising marine resources for Bangladesh’s economic prosperity.

Col (retd) Shawkat Ali, former Deputy Speaker and one of the accused in the Agartala Conspiracy Case, has been put on life support at the Dhaka Combined Military Hospital today.

Seventeen people have died from Covid-19 in the country during last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today.

A teacher of Pabna University of Science and Technology (PUST) has started a sit-in for an indefinite period, protesting alleged corruption and irregularities by the university authorities.

A Bagerhat court sentenced the superintendent of a madrasa to life term for raping a class 5 student in Sharankhola upazila.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a union parishad member for allegedly raping a girl in Joypurhat early today.

A court in Lalmonirhat has granted three-day remand to four accused, including a khadem of the local mosque, in connection with the brutal killing of Abu Yunus Md Shahidunnabi Jewel.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today commissioned five modern warships for Bangladesh Navy -- BNS Umar Farooq, BNS Abu Ubaidah, BNS Prottasha, BNS Darshak and BNS Tallashi -- at Naval Berth-1 in Chattogram.

The government’s investment priority on coal and other fossil fuel-based projects instead of renewable energy is a clear violation of its national and global commitments, Transparency International Bangladesh Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman said today.

The government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Serum Institute of India (SII) to collect three crore shots of Covishield, the Indian version of Oxford-AtraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, once it is finally approved for human application.

More than 100 students from medical and dental colleges staged demonstration in Rajshahi city this morning to press home a four-point demand including ensuring session jam-free academic year.

In the investigation of the National Human Rights Commission, district administration, various intelligence agencies and investigating officers of the cases over the brutal killing of Shahidunnabi Jewel at Burimari of Lalmonirhat’s Patgram upazila, it has emerged that the rumour of demeaning the Holy Quran was first spread by one Abul Hossain alias Hossain Ali.

At least eight people were injured and 50 vehicles vandalized when a clash erupted between the drivers of CNG-run auto-rickshaws and battery-run easy-bikes in Kulaura upazila headquarters yesterday.