Biman Bangladesh Airlines will get its fourth Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, last in the row of 10 new aircrafts, on September 12.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader tells the parliament that construction cost of roads in Bangladesh is higher than that of India and China due to difference in soil conditions.

Holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), will be observed in the country tomorrow with due religious fervour and solemnity.

Ending weeklong series of drama and tension in the main opposition party in parliament, Jatiya Party senior co-chairman Raushan Ershad has been made Leader of the Opposition while its chairman GM Quader as deputy leader of the opposition.

Hitting back at the prime minister for her comment that Khaleda Zia paved the path for Ershad to take over power in 1982, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that Sheikh Hasina was not “unhappy” for grabbing the power at that time.

The Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) files a petition with the Supreme Court, praying it to vacate its earlier order that cleared the way for the government to publish the gazette notification on implementing the recommendation of ninth wage board for journalists.

A rape accused has been shot and injured by police when his father allegedly attempted to snatch him from police in Osmaninagar upazila of Sylhet last night.

The High Court has directed the authorities concerned of the government to formulate a rule preferably in three months for the assessment of answer scripts of students with physical challenges in public examinations.

Massive corruption prevails at the district registrar and sub-registrar offices and people have to pay bribes starting from Tk 500 to Tk 5 lakh at each and every step to get land related services, a report of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) reveals.

A section of teachers of Jahangirnagar University today brought out a silent procession against the allegations of corruption and irregularities brought against the vice-chancellor and her family members.

Masud Bin Momen, the current Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, is likely to become the next Foreign Secretary.

An accused in a drug case escaped from police custody in Bogura. Md Saiful Islam alias Sagar, 28, hailing from Sherpur upazila in the district, managed to flee the scene from Bogura Chief Judicial Magistrate courtyard.

The Forest Department has planned to monitor the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest and a Unesco world heritage site, with drones to check crimes like poaching of tigers and deer.

Three suspected robbers are killed in an alleged gunfight with detectives in Burichang upazila of Cumilla.

Two days after completion of renovation work of a five-km-long portion of Kulaura-Chandagram regional highway stretching from Dakhinbagh bazar to Rotulibazar in Barlekha upazila, numerous cracks and potholes have developed on the road.

A Birangona (war heroine) at Itbaria village under Patuakhali Sadar upazila has got a new house, as the officer-in-charge (OC) of the local police station with the help of the upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) made the arrangement.

A Tk 26.69 crore newly constructed building of Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital is lying unused as the hospital authority has refused to take it from the Public Works Department (PWD) citing several ‘faults’ that might hinder the medical care giving process.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-6) members arrested an alleged smuggler along with 12 gold bars worth around Tk 70 lakh from BSCIC area in Sadar upazila early yesterday.

Police recovered the body of an unidentified young female passenger, aged about 20, from a double-decker launch in Galachipa upazila of the district yesterday.

A teacher of Domar Government College landed in hospital yesterday following serious injuries due to beating by a group of unruly students.