Shahbagh police this morning detained some of the students of National University who were gathering in the area to stage protest over the postponement of their ongoing exams.

The passenger train between New Jalpaiguri (NJP) in India’s West Bengal state and Dhaka will start on March 26, as part of Bangladesh's independence golden jubilee celebrations.

The nation is observing the 12th anniversary of the Pilkhana carnage that left 74 people, including 57 army officers, dead.

Three high-ranking officials of Bangladesh Samabaya Bank Ltd, including its deputy general manager, yesterday confessed to magistrates that they had embezzled gold deposited by clients worth Tk 11.4 crore as per instructions of their chairman and several high-profile officials.

The first big real-world study of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to be independently reviewed shows the shot is highly effective at preventing Covid-19, in a potentially landmark moment for countries desperate to end lockdowns and reopen economies.

Japan is finalising plans to halt new development aid to Myanmar, the Asahi Shimbun daily reported on Thursday, as Western allies impose sanctions and threaten further action over the Southeast nation’s military coup.

A teenage boy was stabbed to death allegedly by his friends in Dhaka’s Banani area last night.

Facebook on Thursday said it had banned the Myanmar military from using its Facebook and Instagram platforms with immediate effect, as pro-democracy demonstrators continued to stage rallies to protest the military seizing power.

US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he has read a US intelligence report on the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi that is expected to be released on Thursday.

The High Court today ordered police to arrest 30 accused in a violence case of Bogura for fabricating a fake bail order of this court in their favour.

A 20-year-old woman died after being injured by an elephant in Bandarban’s Lama upazila.

A Dhaka court today framed charges against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed and its Managing Director Masud Parvez in a case filed over possessing Tk 1.145 lakh in fake notes in July this year.

The 12th anniversary of the atrocious carnage at the Pilkhana Bangladesh Rifles (now Border Guard Bangladesh) headquarters in the capital will be observed tomorrow.

The second of three newly purchased Dash-8Q-400 aircraft reached Dhaka today. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has named the aircraft "Akash Tari".

The High Court will deliver its verdict on March 9 on the appeal filed by independent lawmaker and Awami League leader Haji Mohammad Salim challenging the trial court verdict that sentenced him to 13 years' imprisonment in a corruption case.

The World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has praised Bangladesh for its success in handling the Covid-19 pandemic, saying the country is a unique example of containing the virus.

Global airline industry body IATA said it would launch a COVID-19 travel pass at the end of March, bringing into use a digital system for test results and vaccine certificates which will help facilitiate international travel.

The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase approved four proposals, including the procurement of 30,000 metric tons (MT) of bagged granular urea fertiliser from Karnaphuli Fertiliser Company Ltd (Kafco) at a cost of Tk 90.72 crore.

The country's foreign exchange reserves today hit a new record of $44.02 billion thanks to the upward trend of remittance and lower import payments, Bangladesh Bank data showed.

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