Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged researchers to conduct studies to diversify Bangladesh’s export basket alongside modernising and mechanising the agriculture sector.

Bangladesh is becoming South Asia’s “economic bull case”, reported Wall Street Journal on March 3. WSJ’s Hong Kong-based reporter Mike Bird claimed Bangladesh is notable in South Asia for being the “closest proxy” for the successful development models seen at various stages in South Korea, China, and Vietnam.

Sixty-six writers of Bangladesh have issued a statement demanding justice for the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail custody and abolition of Digital Security Act (DSA).

A worker died after falling from the under-construction Payra Bridge in Lebukhali area of Patuakhali-Barishal highway this morning.

Police recovered the body of a woman in Shibganj municipality area of Chapainawabganj this morning.

Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore finally walked out of jail today, after languishing in jail for 10 months in a case filed under the Digital Security Act.

Customs officials detained a man with 45 gold bars -- weighing over five kgs -- at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early today.

The Taj Mahal in Agra was briefly shut and tourists were evacuated his morning after Uttar Pradesh Police received a call about a bomb at the iconic monument. The call was made to the police helpline, NDTV reports.

Police in China and South Africa have seized thousands of fake doses of Covid-19 jabs, global police organisation Interpol said on Wednesday, warning this represented only the "tip of the iceberg" in vaccine-related crime.

SpaceX’s futuristic Starship looked like it aced a touchdown Wednesday, but then exploded on the landing pad with so much force that it was hurled into the air.

The US House of Representatives cancelled a session scheduled for Thursday following law enforcement warnings of intelligence pointing to a possible plot by a militia group to breach the US Capitol, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.

The pandemic has had a "substantial" impact on childhood cancer care worldwide, with a marked rise in the number of patients abandoning treatment altogether, new research showed Thursday.

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in Dhaka around 10am today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Political Affairs Adviser HT Imam has passed away.

A man suspected to be a drug dealer was killed in a gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Cox’s Bazar’s Ramu upazila last night, the commanding officer of Rab-7 said.

Earnings from exports declined 3.92 per cent year-on-year to $3.19 billion in February because of a fall in apparel shipment as the lingering coronavirus pandemic continues to hurt the country’s key markets.

The wife, elder son and neighbour of newly elected mayor of Faridpur’s Nagarkanda municipality were killed and the mayor seriously injured after a bus crashed head on into the microbus carrying them in Faridpur tonight.

The Department of Environment (DoE Chattogram region) fined 22 brick kilns and a shipyard Tk 85.5 lakh for violating the environment conservation act.

The International Criminal Court prosecutor said on Wednesday her office will open a formal investigation into war crimes in the Palestinian Territories which will examine both sides in the conflict.

The central bank has asked banks and NBFIs to discard their relationship with the CTO Forum Bangladesh as the latter’s president disseminated false information on the capability of lenders in tackling cyberattack.