Apprehending the second wave of coronavirus in the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today instructed the authorities concerned to take all-out preparations up to the field-level as part of the precautionary measures to fight any possible resurfacing of Covid-19 in the approaching winter.

Police have recovered the bodies of two tourists from two separate residential hotels at Kuakata beach.

Government primary school assistant teachers will get their salaries in a higher grade soon as the upgradation process is in its final stage, according to a press release by the education ministry.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated her government’s firm conviction to global peace, justice and harmony

Bangladesh has sought immediate action from the UN Security Council to ensure that Myanmar refrains from escalating the situation targeting the Rohingyas under the pretext of security operations, which may lead to a further influx of Myanmar nationals into Bangladesh.

The Cabinet today approved the draft of Sheikh Hasina Medical University, Khulna Bill-2020 to set up a medical university in Khulna division, aiming to expand facilities for medical education, research and healthcare services in the region.

Newly appointed chairman of Bangladesh Public Service Commission Md Sohorab Hossain was sworn in today.

The High Court has stayed for six months the government decision that cancelled the freedom fighter status of 192 retired members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Bangladesh Air Force (BAF), and also directed the government to give them benefits as freedom fighters.

The High Court today acquitted all the eight accused, among whom six were sentenced to death and two were sentenced to life imprisonment by the lower court concerned, in a murder case filed in 2006.

Forty people have died and 1,705 new Covid-19 infections were recorded in the country in the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A Narayanganj court has granted bail to eight officials -- suspended over the blast at a Narayanganj mosque -- of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited.

The wealthiest one percent of earth’s population are responsible for more than twice as much carbon pollution as the 3.1 billion people who made up the poorest half of humanity during a critical 25-year period of unprecedented emissions growth, according to a press release issued by Oxfam.

The prosecution today concluded arguments and sought capital punishment for all five accused in blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu murder case filed in 2015.

A cement clinker-laden lighter vessel has partially capsized at the Bay near Bhashanchar area after a crack developed in it due to rough weather.

A Dhaka court has placed choreographer Evan Shahriar Sohag on a seven-day remand in a case filed on charge of trafficking women to Dubai.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is to seek UN intervention to make sure that Covid-19 vaccine is made available as a public good.

The High Court today issued a rule asking the government to show causes in two weeks why it should not be directed to release 83 detained migrant workers who returned home from Vietnam and Qatar, from jail custody.

Suspected muggers shot a businessman and snatched away Tk 8,500 and a gold chain from him in the capital’s Bangshal area last night.

A Pirojpur court has extended the bail of former Awami League lawmaker from Pirojpur AKMA Awal and his wife Laila Parvin, for a month in three cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).

A case has been filed against 12 people including Cumilla City Corporation panel mayor and a local Awami League leader over lifting sand illegally from the Gumti river in the district.