'Hasina, A Daughter's Tale', a docu-fiction, will be screened on Bangladesh Television and eight other private television channels on Friday marking the National Mourning Day.

Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora has been made additional director general (planning and development) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A Cox’s Bazar court has dismissed a complaint filed against Pradeep Kumar Das, former officer-in-charge of Moheshkhali Police Station and 29 others, for killing one Abdus Sattar in an “encounter” with police in 2017.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is set to operate direct flights from Dhaka to Kuala Lumpur commercially from August 18.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says around 3,000 people were subjected to extrajudicial killing in the hands of law enforcement agencies across the country --from January 2009 to December 2019.

A betel nut trader is killed in Morrelgonj upazila of Bagerhat.

A team of Detective Branch in Bogura apprehended three persons, including a local Juba League (JL) leader, along with Tk 1,200 crore in fake cheques from Tarash upazila in Sirajganj yesterday.

A Dhaka court adjourns the hearing on charge framing against eight people, including JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury, in a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates, till August 20.

The water level has started to increase for the fourth time in Sirajganj, threatening prolonged floods in the district.

A Dhaka court has framed charges against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others in a case filed for misappropriating and laundering about Tk 4 crore from Farmers Bank in 2016.

India reports a record single-day spurt of 66,999 Covid-19 cases, taking the country-wide total tally of infected patients to 23, 96,637.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said that the government will promote youth-led innovations and solutions to build greater resilience combating climate emergency.

At least four people are killed and three injuredin a head-on collision between a bus and a private car on Kurigram-Rangpur highway in Kurigram Sadar upazila.

Russia says the first batch of the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine would be rolled out within two weeks and rejected as “groundless” safety concerns aired by some experts over Moscow’s rapid approval of the drug.

A housewife was killed allegedly by her husband over family feud in Sonaimuri upazila of the district on Tuesday.

When farmers in many areas in the country are struggling to market their produce amid limited access to wholesale markets due to pandemic scare, cucumber growers in five upazilas in Bagerhat are delighted to be able to sell the produce for not just good prices, but right from the field too.

Slow progress of Juri-Batuli customs station road work in Juri upazila of the district is causing immense sufferings to thousands of commuters. The work is scheduled to be completed within this month. But only 30 percent of the work has been completed till now.

Seasonal traders, engaged in rawhide business centring the Eid-ul-Azha, face huge losses this year too as only a small number of buyers are showing up at the markets in Tangail and offering very low prices for the items.

Bidyanondo Foundation, a youth-led charity organisation, has announced that it will distribute free smartphones and laptops among students who come from families with financial constraints.

"Stepping out of the car, I started walking towards the rear. He [Sinha] also got down. I heard him saying, 'Calm down, calm down'… Moments later, I heard the gunshots… I saw Sinha lying on the ground," Shahadul Islam Sefat, who was accompanying Sinha, has said.