Hefajat-e Islam Secretary General Nur Hossain Kasemi died today at a hospital in Dhaka. He was 74.

The government has signed Covid-19 vaccine procurement contract with Serum Institute of India today.

The UN has adopted a proposal for establishing UNESCO-Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Prize in the field of the Creative Economy.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government is taking preparations so that children can return to schools and resume their academic activities.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) pressed charges against 15 people -- including former officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das -- in the Major (retd) Sinha Rashed Khan murder case.

A member of Union Parishad (UP) was shot dead near Gopinathpur High School area of Gopalganj Sadar upazila yesterday evening.

Fair prices have brought smile to Bagerhat betel nut growers although the yield of the nut is not good this year due to cyclone Amphan.

At least four dead workers have apparently collected grant money awarded to 400 hundred tea workers at Sreebari Tea Garden in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj.

A woman was killed by one of her neighbours allegedly over a trivial matter in Baufal upazila yesterday.

Unidentified criminals vandalised three idols of Hindu Goddess Kali at a temple in Sujanagar upazila of the district early Friday.

Manikganj was freed from the Pakistani occupation forces on this day in 1971.

Boro paddy and winter vegetable cultivation has become uncertain as no dam is built on the canal in Pakhimara area under Kalapara upazila this year for prevention of saline water intrusion towards fields, much to the worry of farmers.

Those seeking admission to government secondary schools can apply from December 15 until December 27 and the admissions will be finalised through lottery on December 30.

Bangladesh Chhatra League Dhaka University unit today urged the authorities of the university to reopen all dormitories ensuring proper hygiene.

Government officials in a rare instance today held protest rallies across the country, including in the capital, pledging to not allow any insult against Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The followers of local Awami League leader Bokul Sheikh, who was hacked to death in Pabna yesterday, allegedly torched four houses, ransacked several shops and staged demonstrations in the district town today protesting the murder.

A college student died after being crushed under the wheels of a train in Dhaka’s Moghbazar area this evening.

President Abdul Hamid today emphasised the importance of innovations instead of imitation to take the benefits of ‘Digital Bangladesh’ to the people.

Bangladesh has ranked 112th out of 138 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2020. It has scored 35.9 -- the lowest among South Asian countries.

A live video showing five councillors of Sylhet City Corporation reportedly eating wild bird meat at a restaurant in Sylhet was posted on Facebook last night.