Admission test for MBBS course in the country’s government-run and private medical colleges for the academic year 2020-21 will be held on April 2. Also, admission test for BDS courses of dental colleges and units will be held on April 30.

Bangladesh's Information Minister Hasan Mahmud today visited the Dadasaheb Phalke Film City in Goregaon in Mumbai where the biopic on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is being shot.

A petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directive on the government to conduct a judicial inquiry into the allegation of torture and death of apprentice lawyer Rejaul Karim Reja in custody of police in Barishal.

Two elderly women were killed and at least 25 people were injured as a bus fell into a roadside ditch in Shahrasti upazila of Chandpur today.

About three decimals of forest area was burnt in a fire that broke out in the patrol area under Dhansagar Station of Forest Department’s Chandpai Range in East Sundarbans Division.

Banks can now declare a maximum of 30 percent dividend including 15 percent cash for shareholders after meeting the compliance requirements of Bangladesh Bank.

A journalist was injured in an attack by a group of people in Basail upazila yesterday allegedly while he was taking picture of chaos centring a feud between two groups of villagers over a disputed land.

Farmers in 15 villages of Nilganj union in Patuakhali’s Kalapara upazila had no other choice but to produce just a single variety of crop in a year due to salinity in the cultivable land. Rest of the time of the year, they used to catch fish or work as day labourers.

Allegations of plundering of public money surfaced in the re-excavation work of Ratnai canal in Aditmari upazila.

A total of 1,60,566 individuals and organisations have grabbed 2.57 lakh acres of forest land across the country.

One person was arrested in Gazipur in a case filed under the pornography act on charge of raping a young woman and filming the crime.

Hundreds of members of the Mro community brought out a long march today -- from Chimbuk Hill to Bandarban town -- in protest against construction of a five-star hotel and tourist spot in Chimbuk Hill, which they believe is “a threat to the forest, biodiversity and environment of the area”.

A journalist was injured in an attack by a group of people in Basail upazila of Tangail today.

Jute mill workers today laid siege to Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) regional office in Khulna, demanding reopening of the jute mills and arrears of irregular staffers.

Police recovered the body of local trader from Rowshanbag area in Panchagarh municipality, after 36 days of his missing on December 31 last year.

“Once I had to take money from my husband to meet the needs of the family, but now I earn Tk 10,000 to Tk 15,000 per month sitting at home from selling vermicompost,” said Kulsum Begum, 40, wife of Md Siddque Mollah of Solakundi village in Faridur Sadar upazila.

In a bid to reduce traffic on Bangabandhu Bridge over the Jamuna river, ferry services between Kazirhat in Pabna and Aricha in Manikganj are set to be launched this month.

A day labourer and his daughter were killed as a truck ploughed into a roadside house in Santhia upazila of Pabna last night.

Rail communication between Sylhet and the rest of the country has been restored after 27 hours of suspension following a train derailment in Fenchuganj upazila yesterday.

A five-member probe body has been formed to investigate the derailment of an oil-laden train at Gutigaon area between Maizgaon and Beyalibazar of Fenchuganj in Sylhet.