A total of 95 sharp turns on 20-km-long Porabari-Garobazar road in Tangail’s Ghatail upazila have been causing accidents for long.

The parliament unanimously adopts a condolence motion expressing deep shock at the death of ruling Awami League lawmaker Abdul Mannan from Bogura-1 constituency.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says more development initiatives alongside the existing 10 mega ones should be incorporated as fast track projects as she chaired a meeting to review their work progress.

The revised routine for Secondary School Certificate (SSC) has been published. As per the new schedule, the first examination -- Bangla 1st paper -- will begin at 10:00am on February 3.

A total of 3,13,848 posts are currently vacant under different ministries, says State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain.

The country’s premier bourse posts its highest single-day point rise in the history of its new premier index, led by gains across almost all the sectors as investors were fueled by the government’s policy support.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the Bangladesh High Commission in Singapore to extend full support for the treatment of legendary playback singer Andrew Kishore.

The verdict in a case -- filed over bomb blasts at a CPB rally in 2001 -- against 12 members of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji) will be delivered tomorrow.

The Supreme Court has stayed a High Court (HC) verdict that declared illegal keeping government employees as “officer on special duty” (OSD) for more than 150 days.

The High Court orders the law enforcers not to harass or arrest Prothom Alo Editor and Publisher Matiur Rahman and five others until the hearing of the bail petitions in a case filed over the death of Naimul Abrar Rahat, a student of Dhaka Residential Model College.

The throat-slit body of a ninth grader has been recovered in Haziganj upazila of Chandpur.

The government completes all necessary measures to launch the e-passport project and automated border control systems or eGates on January 22.

A Rohingya man, who was allegedly involved in drug smuggling, has been killed in “gunfight” with the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Cox’s Bazar.

A man kills himself after stabbing four people, including his wife and mother-in-law, to death over a family dispute in Borolekha upazila of Moulvibazar, police say.

The second and last phase of three-day Biswa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim congregation after Hajj, ends with Akheri Munajat (final prayers) on the Turag banks, seeking divine blessings for all.

Local people stopped construction work of a 1,340-metre-long road in Habiganj’s Baniachong upazila on Thursday, protesting use of ‘substandard’ materials.

Freedom fighter Vanu Nesa, now bedridden at her Tetulia village home in Pabna’s Santhia upazila due to old age complications, is in dire need of quality medical treatment.

Both sides of a two-kilometre long road, in Lakhpur union of Fakirhat upazila, has worn a green look.

An unidentified woman was killed as a train hit her near Dumdiya Khakbari area in Gopalganj Sadar upazila yesterday morning.

Communications between Barishal and Muladi upazilas ground to a halt yesterday morning when a truck, loaded with electric poles, fell in the Arial Kha river after damaging the pontoon of a ferry dock in Mirganj area.