Ministries are set to send proposals to the Prime Minister’s Office for cancellation of this year’s Primary Education Completion, Junior School Certificate and equivalent exams due to the coronavirus situation.

Two students have drowned when they jumped into Shitalakhya River to avert a clash between two teen gangs in Bandar upazila of Narayanganj.

Shahadul Islam Sefat and Shipra Debnath, both Stamford University students, have expressed hope that there would be a fair investigation into the death of Major (Retd) Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan, cautioning people against believing rumours.

Police recovered the body of a woman in Shibganj upazila on Sunday.

A woman, who was stabbed by her husband allegedly over a family feud in Dewanganj upazila on Sunday night, died at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) early yesterday.

Indigenous communities organised programmes in different districts marking International Day of the World’s Indigenous People on Sunday.

All the public money, Tk 12 crore to be specific, spent by the Water Development Board (WDB) to excavate 31.5 kilometres of the Buri Teesta river in Kurigram recently, is turning out to be useless.

President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in separate messages, today greeted members of the Hindu community on the occasion of Janmashtami, the birthday of Lord Sri Krishna.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the authorities concerned for taking preparations in advance to face any possible long-term flood as forecasted by the meteorological department.

A health ministry taskforce conducts drives in two private hospitals in Gazipur and realised Tk 11 lakh in fines for a wide range of mismanagement and irregularities.

A transport aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force with goodwill aid of nine tonnes food and two tonnes of medicines and medical supplies reached Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport today.

Gonoforum MP Mokabbir Khan has come under attack reportedly by some ruling party activists at Bishwanath upazila in Sylhet.

Uber and bKash today announced a partnership which will allow riders to pay for their trips using bKash, the largest mobile financial service provider in Bangladesh.

The Rapid Action Battalion’s legal and media wing director Lt Col Ashique Billah has said Stamford University student Shipra Debnath will not stop her fight for justice.

Speakers from Bangladesh, India and Australia at a virtual seminar today opined that Indian corporation Adani Power is using Bangladesh to maximise their profit by planning to export high-cost coal power when they can actually export much cheaper renewable energy instead.

Amid a spike in coronavirus transmission, the government asks field-level administrations to conduct mobile court operations and awareness campaigns on wearing masks.

After five months, the regular functions of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court will resume from Wednesday.

The Anti-Corruption Commission presses charges against lawmaker Kazi Firoz Rashid, also a presidium member of Jatiya Party, for grabbing government land in Dhanmondi area of Dhaka.

The law ministry has decided to organise several programmes at the district judgeships and upazila sub-registry offices across the country in order to observe National Mourning Day on August 15.

A Dhaka court today placed three Awami League leaders of Faridpur town unit on three-day remand each in a Tk 2,000 crore money laundering case.