Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated 50 model mosques across the country, with hope that the mosques will help disseminate Islamic values among people.

The Department of Political Science of Chittagong University has been criticised for issuing a notification asking its students not to write anything on social media.

Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) yesterday condemned the raid of undocumented migrant workers, including Bangladeshis, and called for treating them more humanely in its efforts to curb the Covid-19 pandemic.

Jatiya Party (JP) has finalised its candidates for the by-elections to three parliamentary constituencies -- Sylhet-3, Dhaka-14 and Cumilla-5 -- scheduled to be held on July 14.

Coinciding with ‘Mujib Year’, 50 model mosques -- out of total 560 -- are set to be opened simultaneously across the country tomorrow.

In yet another incident of extreme torture, a 32-year-old Bangladeshi female worker has returned home from Saudi Arabia with her 6-month-old.

Four people, including a pedestrian, were critically injured when a covered van fell off Muktarpur Bridge in Munshiganj.

Police recovered a bomb-like object from an under-construction shop in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha this morning.

University of Dhaka and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) have yet again failed to make any progress in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) world university ranking of 2022.

Bangladesh remains among the countries ranked highest for Covid-19 risk by US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as the US national public health agency lowered restriction levels of 110 other countries and territories.

Dhaka moved one notch up in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual ranking of most liveable cities in 2021, which has largely been shaken up by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Bangladesh and Japan have agreed to work together to tackle the challenges of Covid-19 and Rohingya crisis.

A twelve-year-old girl died at hospital after a boundary wall collapsed on her in Dhaka Mirpur area.

The World Bank has projected that Bangladesh's GDP growth will be 5.1 percent in the next 2021-22 fiscal year.

A mango orchard in Cumilla has seen the introduction of three new variety of mangoes in the country.

State Minister for Civil Aviation M Mahbub Ali today directed the concerned engineers and contractors to complete the runway expansion of Cox's Bazar Airport and the construction work of link-bridge over the Baagkhali River by next December.

A delegation of Citizens’ Platform (Nagorik Samaj) today demanded a stop to the conspiracy to evict Khasia and Garo communities from their land in Moulvibazar in the name of expanding tea garden.

Uncertainty looms over nationwide Covid-19 vaccination since the government depended on a single organisation, the executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) said today.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam said they want to install fire hydrants in slums so that its dwellers can respond first and minimise losses in case of fire incidents.

Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore was released on bail on March 4, 2021 after 10 months of imprisonment. After release, he said that he was brutally tortured in custody. A medical board, formed to verify his claim, has recently provided a report to the court about its findings.