The High Court directs the government to appoint 38 candidates who passed the 36th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) exams, but were not recruited due to unflattering intelligence reports about them.

With chants of “Porbo Boi, Gorbo Desh, Bangabandhur Bangladesh”, government officials and students in Tangail have celebrated National Library Day 2020.

The prices of most everyday commodities including onion, ginger and garlic have risen at the country's largest wholesale market at Chattogram's Khatunganj, largely due to the spread of coronavirus in China.

At least 445 people are killed and 834 others injured in 340 road accidents across the country in January this year.

A Dinajpur court sentences five people to death for killing a child after abduction in Ghoraghat upazila in 2015.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) destroys 370 litres of South American liquid cocaine that were smuggled into Chattogram Port from Bolivia in guise of sunflower oil consignment in 2015.

Twenty eminent personalities and an organisation will receive the country’s second-highest civilian award, Ekushey Padak, this year in recognition of their contributions to various fields.

The High Court (HC) observes that Bangabandhu’s historical March 7 speech, declaring independence of Bangladesh, should be included in textbooks for all students so that the youths can learn about its significance.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the Chancery Building of Bangladesh Embassy in Rome.

A Dhaka court places a man on a one-day remand in an arms case filed over shooting at a clash between supporters of BNP and Awami League candidates in Wari on January 26.

Six trained horses are imported from India for the Bangladesh Police through Benapole Port.

Bangladesh maintains a “zero tolerance” policy towards terrorism and violent extremism, says Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Rabab Fatima, at the UN Headquarters.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the construction of Padma Bridge will be affected if the coronavirus situation does not improve within the next two months.

Seven teachers have been discharged from their ongoing SSC examination duties on allegations of distributing wrong question papers among examinees at a centre in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria.

Bangladesh Railway is increasing the number of train trips to neighbouring India from this month onward, according to the railways minister.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says Bangladesh has attained an ability to advance further by competing any nation of the world and asserted that none can pull the country backward any more.

Bone-chilling cold wave accompanied by mild wind in the last few days have disrupted normal life in Sreemangal of the district. Especially poor people living in tea gardens in the upazila are more vulnerable as they are passing days in extreme misery without warm clothes.

Hundreds of farmers in Mujibnagar upazila of Meherpur are all smiles as they have started harvesting Sukhsagar, an early variety of Indian onion.

Two people have been killed over land disputes in Sirajganj and Habiganj districts.

A pregnant woman allegedly took her own life after killing her four-year-old daughter at Shikarpur village in Sarsha upazila of Jashore district on Sunday evening.