Five dignitaries are set to arrive for the celebrations – Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Nepalese President Bidya Devi Bhandari, Bhutanese Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The water resources secretary-level meeting in New Delhi tomorrow is expected to discuss the issue of withdrawing water from Feni River for Sabroom town in Tripura.

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed has requested people to restrict their movement “unless urgent” during the 10-day state programme from March 17 to 26 to mark the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the golden jubilee of independence.

The High Court has ordered law enforcers to prevent 122 loan defaulters of People’s Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (PLFSL) from leaving the country.

President M Abdul Hamid today issued an order to start the second session of 2021 on April 1.

A case was filed against the in-laws and husband of a 21-year-old woman in connection with torturing her for dowry in Madaripur’s Kalkini upazila. The victim’s mother filed the case with Begum Dasar Police Station accusing the husband Nasir Mollah and seven members of his family.

Bangladesh is set to wear a festive look ahead of a 10-day special programme -- marking 50 years of independence and the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -- set to begin on March 17 at Parade Ground.

Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzak today said that the portrait of Bangabandhu made using green paddy fields will be a unique celebration of his birth centenary.

Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Monirul Islam, also chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit under Dhaka Metropolitan Police, has been made Additional Inspector General of Police (current charge) of the Special Branch.

A move is underway to make the power distribution system in Dhaka city fully automated to better address the complaints of consumers, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said.

The season’s first nor’wester lashed the capital Dhaka and some other parts of the country.

A 16-year-old was hacked to death at Halishahar area of Chattogram city last night.

A Bangladeshi woman whose husband died dismantling an oil tanker in a local shipyard was given the green light this week to keep pursuing a claim for compensation from a UK company linked to the vessel in a test case for the shipbreaking industry.

Bangladesh and Australia have expressed interest in deepening and widening the economic cooperation between the two countries in a shift from aid to trade relations as the South Asian nation will graduate from the least developed country (LDC) category by 2024.

A Dhaka-bound passenger bus caught fire on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj, leaving five injured on board.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has urged the people to be aware as Covid-19 infection rate is increasing again.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate the two new Dash 8Q-400 aircrafts on Sunday. The state-of-the-art aircraft were added to the Biman Bangladesh Airlines' fleet recently.

A tourist died after being trampled by an elephant in Rangamati’s Kaptai area.

United States, the richest and most powerful country has staggering levels of child poverty, which is one of its great moral stains; on Wednesday, it decided to scrub the stain with the final legislative approval of US President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, says a New York Times opinion piece written by columnist Nicholas Kristof.

A Sylhet court recorded the witness statement of brother-in-law of science writer and blogger Ananta Bijoy Das in the case filed over his murder.