In a dramatic development in the country’s political arena, a new platform called Gonotantro Uddhar Andolon is introduced in a bid to what the platform leaders said retrieve the country’s democracy.

The results of Primary Education Completion, Junior School Certificate and its equivalent examination is to be published across the country on Tuesday.

A Dhaka court asks Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) to submit by February 10 the probe report in a case filed over death of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi.

In the latest reshuffle in the civil administration, three secretaries and six additional secretaries have been transferred, promoted and given new postings.

The Election Commission (EC) writes to the cabinet division secretary not to transfer election-related officials without prior permission ahead of Dhaka north and south city corporation elections scheduled for January 30.

This year, the nation has lost some great sons and daughters, who will not stop shining even after their death. They will live in their accomplishments and contributions to the humanity. Here is a compilation of the souls in the eve of the NEW YEAR 2020.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says all 41 spans of the much-awaited Padma bridge will be installed by July 2020 if there is no natural disaster.

Fourteen people including chief coordinator of Ganosamhati Andolon Zonayed Saki, and general secretary of Biplobi Workers’ Party Saiful Haq have been injured after police charge batons on them during a protest.

Former Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali passes away today at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka.

A suspected robber is killed in a reported gunfight with police in Companyganj upazila of Noakhali.

At least 50 people have died in two months as cold weather continues to sweep across the country, officials say.

Several hundred jute mill workers of Khulna are continuing their indefinite hunger strike since last afternoon demanding implementation of their 11-point demand including forming a national pay commission.

A Rohingya man is detained with fake passport and other documents after he lands at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka from Malaysia.

People of at least 15 villages in Mirzapur and adjacent Sakhipur upazila have been suffering for long for want of a bridge on the Bangshi river in Kodalia area.

Sheikh Hasina Teesta Bridge in Lalmonirhat’s Kaliganj upazila has remained off limits to public transport and heavy vehicles like buses and trucks since its construction over a year ago, much to the dissatisfaction of the locals.

The rice procurement centres of the government are failing to attract their enlisted Aman growers in Patuakhali despite setting a higher price per maund, Tk 1,040, than local markets.

A section of employees of BASIC Bank confines board members of the bank for nearly four hours demanding reinstatement of the previous salary structure.

Md Ashraful Alam, an additional chief engineer of Roads and Highways Department (RHD), is made the chief engineer of RHD.

Ahmad Kaikaus, senior secretary of Power Division, is made principal secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Voicing grave concern over the impact of India’s National Register of Citizens and Citizenship Amendment Act, eminent jurist Shahdeen Malik says Bangladesh should be prepared to cope up with the stresses.