The government has appointed Md Mainul Kabir as secretary of the Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division of the law ministry. He was previously serving as additional secretary of the same division.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has imposed highest alert in border areas to prevent possible smuggling of rawhide -- generated during Eid-ul-Azha.

Saidpur Railway Workshop in Nilphamari, the largest in the country established in 1870, has been displaying rail engines from the bygone era at its exhibition yard on its premises, in a bid to preserve the glorious history of railway.

Lower courts across the country will go for regular operation from August 5, more than four months after the government declared nationwide shutdown and subsequent limited operations to contain the spread of coronavirus.

In response to severe flooding that has affected nearly one-third of Bangladesh, the European Union is providing EUR 100,000 (almost 10 million Bangladeshi taka) as humanitarian aid to assist the most vulnerable communities.

The government today issued an order extending its countrywide restrictions on public activities and movements until August 31 to contain spread of coronavirus.

The foreign currency reserve and inflow of remittances hit new record in the country in July despite the economic fallout triggered by the pandemic.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said that although there has been a slight increase in the number coronavirus cases, the country’s health sector now has the capacity to tackle the situation.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has asked the Director of Mugda General Hospital and managing director of Hotel Super Star to submit documents on living expenditure of doctors at the hotel.

Some succumb and surrender to the debilitating circumstances into which they are born. Others rise above their situation and find new horizons. A rare few, like 19-year-old Atif Asad, endeavour to lift those around them on their upward journey.

Body of an alleged drug peddler has been recovered by locals, a day after he jumped into the Karatoya River to avoid police arrest.

An alleged drug dealer is killed in firing by criminals during a raid in Sylhet’s Zakiganj upazila early today, police say.

Salma Qadir, CEO of Rights & Sight for Children (RSC) and Country Coordinator of Distressed Children & Infants International (DCI) for Bangladesh, passed away on August 2 at 11:00pm at her Dhaka home after suffering from motor neuron disease for a short time. She was only 57.

Producer Md Barkatullah, one of the pillars of BTV during its golden era, has passed away at 11:30am today at Green Life Medical College and Hospital.

Karnaphuli Tunnel Project has achieved a "breakthrough" with the completion of the left line despite the coronavirus outbreak in the country.

A virtual court in Dhaka today allowed detectives to deposit Tk 4.23 lakh to Bangladesh Bank, seized from an employee of JKG Health Care -- accused in a case filed over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates.

Engr AM Shaukat Ali, Director of Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL), passed away on Thursday night at a hospital in Dhaka. He was 80 and had been suffering from multiple old age complications.

Three people were killed as a bus hit a pickup van on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka early today.

The Somapura Mahavihara, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located at Paharpur area in Badalgachhi upazila of Naogaon district, has lost its shine within only three years of completion of projects for its conservation and development.

Piling on top of the pre-pandemic stock of jobless population, economists apprehend the newly unemployed resulting from firms severely scaling back on their activities due to the pandemic may lead to serious social pressure on the country’s economy.