Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Ahmad Kaikaus has instructed the health ministry to increase the number of health staff to 30 in each shift for screening passengers at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Private inland container depots (ICDs) stopped transporting export goods through containers of three foreign companies, demanding additional charges -- disrupting timely shipment -- this morning.

Shunning the poster culture in elections, an AL-backed ward councillor candidate in the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) election has titled his campaign “Healthy Ward” and is going for a poster-free campaign.

The High Court scraps the conviction and jail sentence of minors given by mobile courts -- run by executive magistrates -- across the country.

Sampadak Parishad expresses grave concern about the case against Editor-in-Chief of Manabzamin and 31 others under the Digital Security Act, for publishing news concerning the arrested Jubo Mahila League leader Shamima Nur Papia, and demanded immediate withdrawal of the case against the journalists.

Independence Day celebrations will be held on a smaller scale this year in wake of the recent confirmed coronavirus cases in the country, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said today. .

The High Court today scrapped the conviction and jail sentence of children given by mobile courts run by executive magistrates across the country.

A section of nephrologists warn renal disease patients against stem cell therapy, as such treatments have not yet been established as safe and effective.

India will donate 150 ambulances to Bangladesh on the occasion of the birth centennial of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has prosecuted two “top yaba traders” in Cox’s Bazar for “amassing wealth illegally.”

A road accident in Rajshahi’s Paba upazila has left a motorcycle rider injured and the pillion rider dead.

As many as 1,000 poor and elderly people got free treatment for different eye problems including cataract at BNSB (Bangladesh National Society for the Blind) Eye Hospital in Matarkapon area of Moulvibazar Sadar upazila during a three-day programme ending yesterday.

Unplanned urbanisation, absence of civic conscience among townspeople and lack of garbage management services are contributing to destruction of various waterbodies including ponds in Jhenidah town.

Freedom fighter Kanchan Ali Sikder, now 90 years old, still teaches after retirement following a career spanning 60 years -- and plans to do so for the rest of his life.

At least 25 people, including five policemen, were injured in a clash between two factions of Awami League (AL) at Ysufdia village in Saltha upazila on Monday night.

Bumper yield and high demand have brought smile to banana farmers in 10 south- western districts under Khulna division.

Around fifty families of Badiarchar village of Kamlabari union of Lalmonirhat’s Aditmari upazila are still staying under the open sky as the hard-pressed people could not repair their houses damaged by the tornado that lashed the village on Saturday night.

Unmarked speed breakers in Inderhat-Chandkathi road in Nesarabad upazila of Pirojpur pose risk of accidents for drivers and commuters.

Acute manpower crisis has been hampering operational activities at Hemnagar railway station in Gopalpur upazila for the last five years, causing immense sufferings to commuters.

A police inspector in Manikganj has been closed after an allegation of sexually harassing a woman was brought against him.