A 100-year-old British Bangladeshi man has been awarded OBE (Order of the British Empire) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for raising £420,000 for coronavirus charities during Ramadan. Dabirul Islam Choudhury raised the sum by walking 970 laps of his 80-metre garden in East London during the holy month of Ramadan.

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said sector-based master plan and urbanisation in the country will help ensure uninterrupted energy supply.

Police arrested a rapist in connection with the gang-rape of a housewife in Jashore’s Jhikargachha upazila last night.

Bangladesh police will hold rallies across the country tomorrow morning in an attempt to create public awareness against rape and violence against women.

The number of recoveries from Covid-19 has reached 3,00,738 in the country with 1,509 new patients now considered recovered from the virus, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Around 400 demonstrators have started their long-march programme from Dhaka to Noakhali’s Begumganj upazila protesting the growing cases of rape, sexual harassment and violence against women across the country and the culture of impunity.

Stressing the importance of ensuring food security for all, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the people of Bangladesh must not suffer from food scarcity as a fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Police on last night arrested a driver for allegedly raping a female worker of a local parlour in his car in Zirani area of Gazipur.

The death of Rayhan Ahmed, a resident of Sylhet, was probably caused by excessive torture, according to the chief of Forensic Department of Osmani Medical College Hospital.

Police arrested one person in connection with the gang-rape of a housewife in Jhikargachha upazila of Jashore.

Movement of cargo traffic -- transporting import and export goods from India -- is increasingly becoming a threat to wildlife and biodiversity at the Lawachhara National Forest as a vital road between the towns of Moulvibazar and Kamalganj upazila remain unrepaired for at least three years.

Today is the World Food Day and this year’s theme is: Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together, its actual meaning during this time of COVID-19, we must reflect on our most basic needs.

Dhaka will roll out its first ‘Made in Bangladesh’ cars next year, Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun has said.

A member of a reformist faction of Parbatya Chattogram Jana Samhati Samity, PCJSS-MN Larma, has been shot dead by unidentified criminals in Rowangchhari upazila of Bandarban.

The Digital Trade Week has kicked off in an attempt to promote digital trade and initiate digitisation of trade in the ready-made garments sector.

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud today said YouTube channels and IP TVs would not be allowed to present news.

The Bangladesh government, in its steps to modernise Bangladesh Air Force, has procured seven Chinese made K-8W training aircraft under an agreement, according to a press release issued by Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).

Italy has withdrawn the flight embargo for Bangladeshis who have valid stay permits.

US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E Biegun has assured Bangladesh of extending cooperation in repatriating Rashed Chowdhury, the killer of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who is currently living in the USA.

After around seven months of closure due to coronavirus pandemic, the National Zoo at Mirpur will be open to visitors again from November 1.