The fall in production of guavas and hog plums has affected the sale of boat significantly, leaving the boat sellers in utter despair amid coronavirus outbreak in Nesarabad upazila of the district.

Sacrifice is an important act in worship. Eid-ul-Azha represents the true essence of sacrifice. Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the threat of contagion is there at the Qurbani Haats (markets).

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has distributed relief materials to nearly 2,000 families suffering from food crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic in three upazilas -- Kaptai, Kawkhali and Sadar --of Rangamati.

Dhaka has sought Saudi support to create a voluntary Organisation of Islamic Countries Covid-19 response and recovery fund by willing member countries.

Brazil has provided about 3,000 Covid-19 test kits through the Brazilian Cooperation Agency to Bangladesh as a gesture of solidarity and collaboration between the two countries.

Ancient Bengal was a land of knowledge where institutional education flourished through vihara (monastery), mahavihara (monastic complex of viharas) and matha (cloister, institute or college). Thousand-year-old heritages like Nalanda, Shalban, Somapura, Vikramshila, Jagaddala and many others stand tall as a testament to our glorious past.

The authorities of Bangladesh and Japan today inked an agreement over the construction and renovation of 21 small and large bridges in the western region of Bangladesh with the Japanese government’s aid.

The Detective Branch (DB) of police today claimed to have busted a factory that was manufacturing fake currency in Tangail Sadar upazila.

The Supreme Court administration has directed all officials and employees of its Appellate and High Court Divisions and judicial officers (lower court judges) and their staff not to leave their workplaces during the Eid-ul-Azha holidays.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) today pressed charges in connection with two cases filed over a boat capsize in the Mediterranean Sea, which killed 39 Bangladeshis trying to illegally migrate to Italy.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today submitted a petition to show Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammad Shahed arrested in a case filed over the misappropriation of about Tk 1.51 crore of NRB Bank Ltd between November 2014 and January 2018.

Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, a professor of Dhaka Medical College (DMC), has been appointed as the Director General (DG) of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The Members of civil society groups in Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) have called upon the government to ensure relief for people in remote areas of the region during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Flood situation in Kurigram deteriorated today as water of all the rivers in the region including the Brahmaputra and Dharla has been flowing above danger level.

The International Baccalaureate (IB) announced this year's finalists for the MYP (Middle Years Programme) Student Innovator Awards 2020. Faiza Farheen, a grade-10 student from International School Dhaka has been selected as a finalist to receive the prestigious grant awarded by the IB supporting young social entrepreneurs.

Bangladesh has called for fair and equitable access to Covid-19 vaccine to make sure all countries, especially the ones that need it the most, have access to the life-saving drug.

Khalilur Rahman, chairman of Rangunia upazila parishad in Chattogram, died of Covid-19 infection today.

A virtual court in Dhaka today again rejected the bail petition of cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore and writer Mushtaq Ahmed in a case filed against them under the Digital Security Act.

The Ministry of Health has appointed Dr Farid Hossain Miah as the new director (hospitals and clinics) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Regent Group Chairman Md Shahed has been handed over to Rab after the elite force was given the charge of investigation of a case filed over Covid-19 test report forgery.