Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad has said the government will take an initiative to provide training to returnee migrant workers and certify them based on the skills they have gathered abroad.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) today demanded appointment of a new managing director of Dhaka Wasa -- with qualifications and experience in the relevant sector -- in a transparent manner, before the tenure of the present MD expires in October.

Detectives have arrested a 29-old-man from Chattogram city for allegedly marrying nine girls in nine years and embezzling huge amount of money from the victims’ families.

Thousands of people have joined the namaz-e-janaza of Shah Ahmad Shafi, supreme leader of Hefazat-e-Islam, at Al Jameyatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam Madrasa [popularly known as Hathazari madrasa].

Trucks standard at the Indian Mohodipur land port, loaded with Indian onions, started entering Bangladesh through Sonamasjid land port in Chapainawabganj since today morning.

Three people, including a man and his son, were killed and 10 others injured during a head-on collision between a microbus and a pick-up van on Mymensingh-Kishoreganj road in Nandail upazila of Mymensingh this morning.

Chattogram district administration has deployed additional forces including 10 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at Hathazari, Rangunia, Fatikchhari and Patiya upazilas this morning in order to maintain law and order situation ahead of Shah Ahmad Shafi's namaz-e-janaza.

Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) board members will discuss a proposal today for extension of Engr Taqsem A Khan’s tenure as the managing director for three more years.

Several trains operating between Dhaka and the western regions of the country got delayed for three to four hours, as rail operations remained suspended for around six hours after an oil-laden train derailed in Gazipur earlier today.

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) Director General (DG) Rakesh Asthana said they are working out a strategy to bring down the killings in India-Bangladesh border areas to zero.

A mob has beaten a truck driver to death in Rajshahi’s Puthia upazila after his truck ran over two goats.

A panel of experts led by Prof Shamim Z Bosunia, chairman of the government's panel of experts on Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project (PMBP), has been assigned to solve the design-related problem of railways viaducts on both sides of the bridge.

Police arrested the brother of a restaurant owner in connection with a case filed over torturing a 13-year-old employee in Kurigram’s Rajibpur upazila last night.

Condolences poured in from different socio-political parties and Islamic organisations immediately after the demise of Hefazat-e Islam’s chief Ahmad Shafi.

BNP today harshly criticised The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam for his commentary on democracy and alleged that it was against the party.

The government will pay an estimated Tk 2,256.7 billion as interest on loans in the next three fiscals including the current one.

Four people were killed and 17 others were injured as two buses collided head-on in Magura’s Sadar upazila today.

Shah Ahmad Shafi, amir of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, who was on life support and was flown to Dhaka just hours back, died while he was being treated at Asgar Ali Hospital this evening.

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

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, who has tested positive for Covid-19, was taken to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) early this morning after his condition deteriorated.