If the government resumes public transport from April 29 after the ongoing lockdown ends, Bangladesh Railway (BR) will also resume their passenger train services from that day.

Leader of different political parties, included in Hefajat-e-Islam, have tried to materialise their party agenda under the banner of the Islamist group and hatched conspiracies to topple the government in 2013 and March this year, investigators have said.

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) authorities have extended deadline -- till May 3 -- for the application process of admission test for 2020-21 honours academic session due to the lockdown situation.

A massive fire broke out at Kamalganj Lawachara Reserve Forest in Moulvibazar today.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the government is actively considering resuming public transport services -- on condition of complying with the health rules -- after the ongoing lockdown ends on April 28.

A newlywed couple, injured in the deadly fire in Old Dhaka’s Armanitola yesterday, were put on life support at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery.

Eighth anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse, the deadliest garment factory accident in history that took over a thousand lives, is being observed today.

The Bangladesh Development Initiative (BDI), a non-partisan research and advocacy group of independent scholars based in the United States, has announced that Dr Hameeda Hossain is the recipient of the 2021 BDI Lifetime Achievement Award.

Hefajat-e-Islam Brahmanbaria district unit’s Joint General Secretary Mufti Abdur Rahim Quasemi, who was released from Jamiya Islamia Younusia Madrasa a few months ago, has resigned seeking justice for those involved in the violence carried out by Hefajat-e-Islam activists in Brahmanbaria from March 26 to 28.

Today is the 23rd death anniversary of Shazneen Tasnim Rahman.

Four persons were killed and 23 were injured, including fire service officials, in a fire at a building in Old Dhaka's Armanitola area early today.

Sheikh Md Mamunur Rashid, assistant commissioner at Dhaka deputy commissioner’s office and an executive magistrate, has been transferred to Barishal division.

A phone call about Ramadan between Zahirul Islam and his nephew Toffazal Hossain a few days ago turned out to be their last.

The World Bank and the Government of Bangladesh today signed a $250 million financing agreement to help create more and better jobs; recover faster from the Covid-19 pandemic and build resilience to future crisis.

Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today predicted that rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gust is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Sylhet, and Dhaka divisions, and at one or two places over Khulna, Barishal, and Chattogram divisions with hails at isolated places.

Three out of six coaches of the first set of metro train, have been shifted to metro rail depot in Dhaka's Diabari today.

Police today arrested a Dhaka city unit leader of Hefajat-e-Islam from New Market area early today.

At least twenty shops were gutted in a fire at Zila Parishad Market in Jashore town early today.

Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested a Hefajat-e-Islam leader from his village home in Manikganj early today.

Sammilita Samajik Andolon, a citizen's platform, today demanded the government to stop giving admission to non-indigenous students in the reserved or quota seats allotted for ethnic minority students.