The US has expressed gratitude to the people of Bangladesh and the private sector for quickly delivering Personal Protective Equipment for US medical professionals in the early weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Norway has shown interest to invest in ship recycling industry in Bangladesh. The Norwegian Ambassador Espen Rikter-Svendsen said this and also pledged to work together in various areas related to environment and development while talking to Environment, Forest and Climate Change minister Shahab Uddin in a video conference.

The government will clear dues of laid-off and retired workers of 25 state-run jute mills -- that were shut down -- by November this year, Textiles and Jute Minister Golam Dastagir Gazi said today.

Educational institutions may not reopen in November this year, Education Minister Dipu Moni hinted today.

One of the people who were accused in a case filed over the gang-rape of a woman in Noakhali’s Begumganj surrendered before a local court today.

President Abdul Hamid today convened the special session of parliament scheduled for November 8 marking Mujib Borsho, the birth centenary of Father of Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The High Court directs law enforcement agencies to arrest Proshanta Kumar Halder, who fled the country after allegedly siphoning around Tk 10,200 crore from some non-banking financial institutions (NBFI), immediately after returning to the country.

The High Court today granted permanent bail to contractor Asif Hossain in a case filed over the corruption in purchasing furniture and household items for officials of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna.

Twenty-four 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).

Miscreants vandalised idols of Hindu gods and goddesses in Boalmari upazila of Faripdur last night.

The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed a case against eight engineers of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) and three others for misappropriating about Tk 34.42 crore from a project.

A fire broke out at Balaka Bhaban in Chandni Chowk Market in the capital.

An Rohingya youth, allegedly a yaba trader, was killed in a “gunfight” with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Naikhyangchhari upazila of Bandarban early today.

The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal number 3 as a low has formed over the central part of the Bay of Bengal.

The High Court today rejected two bail petitions filed by suspended Awami League leaders of Dhaka’s Gendaria area Enamul Huq Enu and his brother Rupam Bhuiyan in two corruption cases involving Tk 36 crore.

There will be no annual examination for students of class six to nine this year, Education Minister Dipu Moni announced today.

Two alleged members of a “soil lifting syndicate” were killed and another injured critically after being crushed under the soil while they were illegally razing from a hill with a vehicle at Lot Ukhiarghona area of ​​Kawarkhop union in Ramu upazila of Cox's Bazar last night.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion have arrested a person yesterday evening on charges of deceiving people on social media site Facebook by opening fake accounts of woman and misappropriating money from them.

Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit today claimed to have arrested a close aide of Bangladeshi expat in Saudi Arabia Mustaq Mohammad Arman Khan, who claims that he is Imam Mahdi.

Unofficial results show that the candidates of ruling Awami League (AL) are dominating the elections and by-elections to Zila, Upazila and Union parishads held on Tuesday.