Zainul Haque Sikder, chairman of Sikder Group of Companies, one of the country's largest businesses, passed away this afternoon in a hospital in Dubai, said a press release.

South Korea and Bangladesh have agreed on joint effort to enhance bilateral trade and investment.

Two state-of-the-art helicopters are being added to the Bangladesh Police for further enhancement of the force’s efficiency and capability to provide service to the people, police said.

The government will observe and celebrate the golden jubilee of the country’s independence on March 26 this year with drone and aerial shows, and fireworks.

The High Court today refused to grant anticipatory bail to former managing director and vice president of Bangladesh Industrial Finance Corporation Limited (BIFCL), a nonbanking financial organisation, in two corruption cases filed for misappropriating Tk 43 from the organisation.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said he took Covid-19 vaccine in order to remain safe and not for publicity through photo session.

There will be no legal complexity if the gallantry award of Late President Ziaur Rahman is cancelled, Law Minister Anisul Huq said today.

The Supreme Court today cleared the way for the government to shut down all illegal brick kilns, operating without a valid license, in Chattogram's Lohagara upazila.

Eleven people were killed and 13 others injured in a collision between a bus and a truck in Jhenaidah's Kaliganj upazila this afternoon.

The High Court will deliver its order tomorrow on a writ petition filed for bringing back the money laundered from the country and deposited in foreign banks, including those in Switzerland.

A one-year old boy was burnt to death this morning after a fire broke out at a colony in Kaliakair upazila.

Detectives claimed to have arrested five members of an organised mugging gang.

Over 560 people, including Joint Secretary of Awami League’s Bogura district unit Monjurul Alam Mohon, were sued in three cases filed over yesterday’s clash between two rival groups of Bogura AL and Jubo League in the town's Charmatha bus terminal area.

The digital financial service arm of Bangladesh Postal Department Nagad, which started just two years ago, has thus become an integral part of many life stories. And because of that, the number of customers of Nagad has now crossed three crores. The average daily transaction has risen to Tk 300 crore.

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

Criminal Investigation Department yesterday arrested two, including proprietor of an unauthorised recruiting agency, from Dhaka’s Motijheel area on charge of swindling overseas job seekers.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today assured visiting Foreign Minister of the Maldives Abdulla Shahid that Bangladesh would extend its all-out support to his country in fighting climate change.

Indian rescuers today penetrated deeper through tonnes of rocks and slush to reach 35 power project workers trapped inside a tunnel as the toll in the glacial burst and flash flood in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district rose to 32.

A 12-year-old school student was killed and two people were injured when a sand-carrying truck hit a rickshaw on Lalmonirhat-Mogholhat Road in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila this noon.

The High Court today questioned the acceptability of the writ petition that sought its directive on the government to ban the broadcast of Al Jazeera, a Qatar based news channel, in Bangladesh and to remove the contents of its report titled "All the Prime Minister’s Men" from digital platforms.