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.

Former DUCSU VP Nurul Haque Nur was sued in another case filed under the Digital Security Act in Cumilla today for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of Awami League leaders.

An apprentice lawyer was killed in a road accident in Feni’s Lalpur area on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway this afternoon.

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.

A total of 16 cases -- filed following the recent violence by Hefajat-e-Islam in six districts -- were transferred to Police Bureau of Investigation.

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.

The first set of metro train reached Dhaka today -- a major development in the country’s first ever metro rail project.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam today said Bhasan Char is now a settled issue and hoped that international agencies will get engaged, taking responsibility of Rohingyas in Bhasan Char, the way they are doing in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today allocated Tk 10.50 crore for providing assistance to the poor and insolvent people who have been affected due to the ongoing lockdown that the government enforced for containing the spread of coronavirus.

Despite “strict lockdown” imposed by the government, Dhaka today witnessed a significant rise in public and vehicular movement due to lax monitoring by the law enforcers.

Bangladesh has been elected a member of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), a subsidiary body of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), for a three-year term beginning from January 2022.