Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina came down heavily on BNP leaders for their remarks that they did not get any message of independence from the historic March 7 speech.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a “towering figure of the twentieth century” who shaped modern Bangladesh and continues to inspire the people to further develop their country, said Dean Thompson, acting assistant secretary of the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs of the US Department of State.

The primary application process of twenty public universities for uniform admission tests will begin from April 1 and will continue till April 15.

Women are increasingly entering decision-making positions but full gender parity is far from being reached as they rarely hold leadership positions in executive and legislative offices.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has made an appeal to the international community to work sincerely instead of giving “lip service” to repatriation talks for the Rohingyas.

The bands that rocked the Joy Bangla Concert stage in previous years reminisced their special moments from the past events and rendered songs online as the concert has been halted this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Bangladesh Coast Guard today seized 30,000 yaba pills and arrested five alleged drug traffickers during a raid on the Naf River in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf.

The European Union is preparing to widen its sanctions on Myanmar’s armed forces to target businesses they run, in protest at the February 1 military coup, according to diplomats and two internal documents seen by Reuters.

A man was arrested in a case filed for raping a ninth-grade student in Paikgachha upazila of Khulna.

The vaccination program is in full swing in Bangladesh. Dr Tasneem Jara, a doctor at England's National Health Service (NHS) and postgraduate student of evidence-based medicine at University of Oxford, answers some of our frequently asked questions.

A team of police busted an illegal firearms factory and arrested two people suspected to be arms manufacturers from Notabaria area of Pabna’s Bera upazila yesterday afternoon.

Police are yet to arrest a man accused of raping a schoolgirl after which she died by suicide in Noakhali’s Subarnachar on March 1.

Female tea workers must lead at all levels of the worker’s unions in tea gardens to enhance their social security and their families, said speakers at a roundtable discussion in Sylhet marking International Women’s Day today.

A Thakurgaon court sentenced two brothers to 10 years each in prison today in a case filed for trading yaba pills.

Department of Environment (DoE), Chattogram today demolished six brick kilns that were being illegally operated in Chattogram.

A man was killed in a road accident this morning after a truck hit his motorbike from the opposite direction on the Patuakhali-Kuakata road at Eusufpur area.

Fourteen people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8 am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A Noakhali court this afternoon placed Belal Hosen, arrested in the case filed for the death of Journalist Borhan Uddin Muzakkir, on a three-day remand.

Thailand will from next month reduce its mandatory quarantine from 14 to seven days for foreigners arriving in the country who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, its Health Minister said on Monday.

In Japan, convenience is king and getting tested for COVID-19 can be highly inconvenient. Part of solution, as it is for a range of daily necessities in Tokyo, has become the humble vending machine.