Dr Mostofa Kamal, an associate professor of Islamic Studies department of the Jagannath University (JnU), is appointed as proctor of the university.

A female contingent of Bangladesh Police has left Dhaka to join the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in Congo.

Malaysia is to ship back hundreds of tonnes of imported plastic waste to different countries where it came from.

BNP demands immediate resignation of food and agriculture ministers holding them responsible for “plunging the country’s food and agriculture sectors into an anarchical situation”.

The inauguration ceremony of Canadian University of Bangladesh (CUB) Alumni Association is held at the auditorium of the university premises in Dhaka.

Regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia hosts Islamic, Arab and Gulf summits this week as tensions between Iran and the US raise fears of military escalation.

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam says the whole nation is demanding exemplary punishment of the people, who were involved in killing of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam will enjoy the rank and status of a minister.

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Forest officials detain a man along with eight kilogrammes of venison from Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called on former president Pranab Mukherjee and sought his blessings ahead of his swearing-in.

Eminent economists today urged the government to procure paddy directly from the farmers at reasonable price as soon as possible.

Bangladesh Meteorological Department has said that the existing heat wave over some places in the country may continue in the next 24 hours as of 9:00am tomorrow.

The High Court (HC) adjourns till June 10 the hearing on a writ petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the legality of the government notification that said the Niko corruption case trial against her will be held at a special court in Keraniganj Central Jail.

Investigators have finalise the charges against 16 people including Feni madrasa Principal Siraj Ud Doula over the murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi.

More than 200 bags of cocaine were found in the stomach and intestines of a Japanese passenger who died on a flight from Mexico to Japan last week, Mexican officials say.

Twenty-five-year-old Rajina Shrestha ticks all the boxes of a modern Nepali woman. She is educated, opinionated and fiercely independent. But like thousands of others belonging to that troupe, she has not been able to reject one practice: observing menstrual restrictions every month.

Leaders of the seven countries of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 30.

A passenger has been detained for possession of 103 gold bars weighing 10.3kg from Dhaka’s Harzat Shahjalal International Airport.

Ameesha Chauhan, a survivor of the Everest "traffic jam" who is in hospital recovering from frostbite, said climbers without basic skills should be barred to prevent a recurrence of this year's deadly season on the world's highest peak.