Police have recovered the body of a RMG worker which was cut up into five pieces from three different places in Monipur area of Gazipur Sadar upazila. Her husband was detained in connection with the death.

The High Court summoned a marriage registrar, who had performed the marriage ceremony of a girl, who is said to be 15-years-old at the time, with one Zahidul Islam, 22.

In 2017, UNESCO announced Bangabandhu’s March 7 speech as one of the most historic speeches in the world, worthy of being enlisted in the "Memory of the World Register”. The significance of the speech could not be clearer -- as a nation, Bangalees received a united purpose, a call-to-arms for self-determination, and a pledge to never surrender.

The government has finalised the names of nine noted personalities and one organisation to be honoured with the Swadhinata Padak-2021 in recognition of their outstanding contribution at the national level.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that the historic March 7 speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the real declaration of the country's independence.

The government has promoted 337 officials to the rank of deputy secretary.

On average, a Bangladeshi annually wastes 65 kg food at home, according to Food Waste Index Report 2021 by the Nairobi-based United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the historic March 7.

At least two persons were killed and eight were critically injured when a cement-carrying truck rammed into several pedestrians and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Kolatoli in Cox’s Bazar last night.

About 49,924 female migrant workers returned home from 21 countries amid the coronavirus pandemic, Brac Migration Programme said.

The small, improvised three-wheeler on a busy Dhaka street and its buff rider are sure to turn heads.

The Sampadak Parishad (Editors' Council) today demanded that steps be taken immediately to follow-up on the law minister’s assurance that the Digital Security Act would be reviewed.

Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain today said the Digital Security Act should be abolished.

Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to UNESCO and Bangladesh Embassy in Paris have published -- in UN’s six official languages -- a book on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s March 7 speech.

Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore is doing better than the last couple of days, following bail.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been named among the top three inspirational women leaders who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership during Covid-19 pandemic in the Commonwealth, Bangladesh High Commission in London said in a statement today.

The third Dash-8 aircraft purchased from Canada reached Dhaka this afternoon.

Seven citizens who had earlier been detained under the Digital Security Act and ICT Act today demanded a judicial probe into the alleged torture of writer Mushtaq Ahmed and cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore in custody and the trial of responsible law enforcement members.

The popular Joy Bangla Concert will return in 2022 after it was cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, said Bangabandhu’s grandson Radwan Mujib Siddiq in a Facebook post yesterday.

Bangladesh has been elected member of the Council of International Seabed Authority for a four-year term from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2024.