The government, to mark Mujib Barsho -- the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -- this year, is going to hand over thousands of houses to the homeless all across the country.

A tribunal in Bogura today granted bail to suspended Sramik League leader Tufan Sarker in a sensational case filed for abducting and raping a student in 2017.

Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad today said skills in foreign language is a prerequisite to make progress in the labour migration sector.

A woman has reportedly been gang-raped in Mirzaganj upazila of Patuakhali.

A Narayanganj court today granted bail to 22 people connected to the mosque management committee of Baitus Salat Jame Mosque in connection with the explosion at the mosque on September 4 last year.

President Abdul Hamid is scheduled to deliver his speech in the 11th session of the 11th parliament commencing tomorrow which will also be the first session of the new year.

A Jubo League leader who is an accused in a murder case died in Pirojpur district jail today.

Twenty-three people have died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The High Court today upheld its ad-interim order of injunction, restraining the authorities concerned of all media from publishing, broadcasting any statement, comment, interview and conversation of anyone accused and convicted of non-bailable and cognisable offences in TV news and talk shows with regard to the cases pending before the court or investigating agency -- till further order.

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller has said Bangladesh-US relations will only get stronger under the Biden administration.

At least 16 houses have been gutted in a fire in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

A man strangled his eight-year-old boy allegedly over a family feud in Netrakona Sadar upazila yesterday.

Haradan Chandra Sen, the valiant man who saved the life of a child from road accident, which left him unable to walk, is now passing a miserable life as he is the only bread earner of his four-member family.

The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has allegedly paid off Tk 45 lakh without any excavation work done on a 4.5-kilometre canal in Charali Beel area of Aditmari upazila.

Awami League-nominated candidates bagged the mayor posts in four out of five municipalities, as per the election results published unofficially so far.

Thanks to a businessman in Tangail, a Harijan woman with mental health condition has gone back to her family in Dinajpur, eleven years after going missing.

A polling agent of Awami League mayoral candidate was sentenced to one year imprisonment for violating the electoral code of conduct in Bogura’s Sariakandi municipality election today.

Referring to instances of anomalies in today's municipality elections, Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar today said the polls cannot be called "participatory".

An operative of outlawed Nakshal Bahini was found dead at a village in Faridpur upazila of Pabna today.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has banned carrying all kinds of weapons, explosives, processions and demonstrations from midnight tomorrow to ensure holding of the Jatiya Sangsad session in a smooth and peaceful manner.