Callers seeking the parents of lost children have been regularly dialling in to radio and television programmes since a series of explosions levelled much of Equatorial Guinea’s largest city and sent thousands fleeing for the countryside.

Bengal Commercial Bank Ltd today inaugurated its business operation with an aim to reach out to small and medium entrepreneurs through loans.

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.

A fugitive accused in the murder case of Narayanganj student Tanwir Muhammad Taqi was sent to jail after he surrendered before a court today.

The government is thinking of hiring influential US TV channel CNN International Commercial (CNNIC) to promote Bangladesh globally.

The government has chalked out a 10-day long programme at the National Parade Square to mark the birth centenary of Bangabandhu and the golden jubilee of independence, which will be attended by heads of states and governments of different countries.

A college teacher from Pabna, who was arrested in Kushtia in a case filed under the Digital Security Act, was denied bail by a court today.

West Bengal state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was allegedly attacked by about 4-5 people in Nandigram where she had gone to file her nomination for the upcoming Assembly elections, according to the latest news coming in from the politically charged up state.

The High Court has questioned the authority of Jashore Children’s Court Judge Mahmuda Khatun for sentencing a child to rigorous imprisonment in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Barrister Fazle Noor Taposh today said spaces under flyovers would be freed for ensuring vehicle movement and healthy environment.

Sri Lanka has invited the new foreign minister of Myanmar's junta to a regional meeting next month, sparking accusations on social media that Colombo is tacitly endorsing the military coup.

The Saudi government did not say that Rohingyas living in the country will be sent to Bangladesh, said State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam today.

A total of 8,54,253 people died due to different causes in 2020 and around 21.1 percent died of cardiac arrest, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

President Abdul Hamid received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine today.

An eight-year-old madrasa student was seen being mercilessly beaten up by his teacher yesterday in a video that went viral on social media last night and drew flak from netizens.

Japan will provide 4.5 billion yen ($41 million) grant aid through an international organization to 25 countries in Asia and the Pacific Islands region to help them build a cold-chain distribution network for COVID-19 vaccines, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday.

Google said today it is reviewing recent advertisements run by a Myanmar military-backed telecommunications firm and has disabled some army-linked accounts on its services in the wake of the country’s coup.

Witnesses of criminal cases can now know the dates of their appearance before the courts concerned through their mobile phones.

Inflation rose 30 basis points to 5.32 percent in February, fuelled by the increase in prices of both food and non-food items, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

A proposal of importing 3.5 lakh tonnes of rice from India, Thailand and Vietnam to increase food stock in the country has been approved.