Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today told the parliament that journalists of both print and electronic media face uncertainty regarding their jobs, which is a threat for free media.

Child Daycare Centre Bill 2021 was passed in Parliament today in a bid to support working parents as the number of nuclear families is increasing day by day.

Police today barred a procession brought out by left-leaning student organisations -- demanding reopening of all educational institutions -- in front of the education ministry.

Three, including a garment factory worker, were killed in two separate road accidents in Gazipur.

The garment makers' platform today urged Switzerland to extend duty-free access to Bangladeshi apparels for 10 years under the Everything but Arms scheme to ensure smooth transition of Bangladesh to a developing country

UK government’s funding cuts to the world’s largest international non-governmental organisation Brac is like a “gut punch” after a successful 10-year £450m partnership, according to a director of the NGO, reports Guardian.

South Korea has decided to provide $700 million development cooperation loan to Bangladesh between 2021 and 2025.

The country's stock market bounced back today, as investors came out from the profit booking tendency of the last two days.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said, the Special Security Force (SSF) will be developed as a modern force amid the changing patterns of crimes.

Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) today inaugurated ‘Police Covid Oxygen Bank’ with 50 oxygen cylinders to provide free oxygen to Covid-19 patients in the district.

Former Jatiya Party lawmaker MA Hannan, who was facing trial for allegedly committing crimes during the Liberation War, died of cancer today. He was 86.

The parliament today passed “Hajj and Umrah Management Bill, 2021” to deal with irregularities and mismanagement in the sector.

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal MP Shirin Akhter today demanded intervention of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to prevent implementation of the recommendation of a parliamentary committee to exclude women officers in giving ‘guard of honour’ to heroic freedom fighters after death.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen inaugurated the newly established Bangabandhu Lounge at the Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the UN in New York yesterday.

A Dhaka court today placed Azharul Islam, an organising secretary of hefajat’s previous central committee, on a five-day remand in a case filed with Jatrabari Police Station in Dhaka on March 27.

A woman died after gas cylinder of a truck exploded in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh Beribandh area early today.

Employees of Bangladesh Railway in Chattogram today demanded reshuffling the mileage options at integrated budget and accounting system (IBAS++ software), which is going to be introduced from July.

Ruling Awami League MP Shahiduzzaman Sarker of Naogaon-2 constituency was made the chief of the parliamentary standing committee on law ministry today.

Workers Party President and lawmaker Rashed Khan Menon, today in parliament, lambasted a parliamentary standing committee for its recommendation to take measures to find alternatives to a female upazila nirbahi officer’s (UNO) presence during the guard of honour given to valiant freedom fighters after death.

Consumers may experience disruption in gas supply from today to Wednesday due to interrupted delivery of imported liquefied natural gas (LNG).