Authorities will hold all ongoing and previously announced examinations of seven Dhaka University-affiliated colleges by maintaining health guidelines, the education ministry decided today.

Workers of privately owned jute mills in Khulna have threatened to block roads and rail tracks tomorrow (Thursday) if their six-point demand, including payment of dues, are not met by factory owners by today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep shock at the demise of eminent economist and banker Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled.

Thailand received on Wednesday its first 200,000 doses of Sinovac Biotech’s CoronaVac, the country’s first batch of coronavirus vaccines, with inoculations set to begin in a few days.

Myanmar’s military-appointed foreign minister flew into Thailand on Wednesday, a Thai government source said, as Myanmar’s neighbours intensified efforts to resolve a crisis that began when its army seized power in a February 1 coup.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today gave instructions to suspend all housing projects constructed without permission of the city corporation.

Students of seven Dhaka University-affiliated colleges blocked Nilkhet intersection in Dhaka for the second consecutive day today, demanding to allow them to sit for ongoing examinations and reopening of the campuses and halls.

US and Bangladesh today discussed ways to deepen economic ties and cooperation on counter terrorism, defense and common challenges like climate change together.

Sixty-two inmates have died in riots at prisons in three cities in Ecuador as a result of fights between rival gangs and an escape attempt, authorities said Tuesday.

Myanmar was set for more street protests on Wednesday against military rule while Indonesia’s efforts steer a path out of the crisis with the help of other Southeast Asian countries appeared to falter with a proposed diplomatic visit scrapped.

At a time when raising voice against financial scammers is challenging given the immense influence enjoyed by the vested quarter, Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled took a bold stance against swindlers in the banking sector. He became a torchbearer by way of giving his valuable recommendations to protect financial institutions from delinquent borrowers.

Facebook will restore Australian news pages, ending an unprecedented week-long blackout after wringing concessions from the government over a proposed law that will require tech giants to pay traditional media companies for their content.

Indonesia’s foreign minister plans to fly to Myanmar on Thursday in the first known visit by a foreign envoy since the February 1 military coup, a leaked government document said, as Western pressure mounts over a crackdown on protesters.

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Kumar Doraiswami has said Bangladesh can export edible oil to India with 20 percent value addition to the product.

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of noted columnist, researcher and writer Syed Abul Maksud.

Nepal’s top court has ordered the reinstatement of parliament, dealing a blow to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli two months after he dissolved the house and called for an early election amid squabbling within the ruling Communist party.

A 50-year-old man was arrested in connection with the rape of a woman in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati.

Chattogram Customs House authority seized 240 bottles of foreign liquor and beer cans from a private car with a sticker of Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) last night.

An accused of a robbery case fled from the premises of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Dhaka today.

Police today pressed charges against 11 people, including the owner of Moyur-2 launch which hit a smaller vessel which then capsized in Buriganga river on June 29 last year.