In the first telephonic conversation on Monday between US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi since the former assumed office, the two leaders “resolved that the rule of law and the democratic process must be upheld in Burma,” according to a White House read-out.

A lecturer of a local madrasa was killed as a fire broke out at her home in Khagrachhari town early today.

Police have recovered the body of a student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) from a mess adjacent to the university at Nayabazar area of Akhalia in Sylhet.

Bangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ireland Saida Muna Tasneem has been awarded the “Woman of the Decade in Public Life and Diplomacy 2021” by the Women’s Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (WICCI).

A local Jubo League leader was injured in an attack allegedly by supporters of his rival in Mathbaria upazila of Pirojpur this evening.

A Supreme Court lawyer today filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the government to ban broadcast of Al Jazeera Television in Bangladesh.

Admission test for MBBS course in the country’s government-run and private medical colleges for the academic year 2020-21 will be held on April 2. Also, admission test for BDS courses of dental colleges and units will be held on April 30.

Bangladesh's Information Minister Hasan Mahmud today visited the Dadasaheb Phalke Film City in Goregaon in Mumbai where the biopic on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is being shot.

Traffic control on all air routes operating in Myanmar’s airspace has been suspended following closure of the country’s air traffic control service.

The reflections in the controlled media are just like visual distortions to people, who always turn to free media for authentic information. A free media is after all the mirror they need. And, press freedom, not the ‘praise freedom’, is what turns a media into that mirror.

India’s Central Bureau of Investigation today filed a charge sheet against former Border Security Force Commandant Sathish Kumar and six other persons for their alleged involvement in a cattle smuggling racket operating at border with Bangladesh, officials said.

A petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directive on the government to conduct a judicial inquiry into the allegation of torture and death of apprentice lawyer Rejaul Karim Reja in custody of police in Barishal.

A total of 46,509 people were administered Covid-19 vaccine on the second day of countrywide vaccination campaign.

Two elderly women were killed and at least 25 people were injured as a bus fell into a roadside ditch in Shahrasti upazila of Chandpur today.

Bangladesh wants to establish a direct shipping link with Maldives as part of its move to boost trade, while also streamlining the labour recruitment process in the aftermath of coronavirus pandemic.

The High Court has warned that corrupt persons will not be spared, no matter how powerful they are.

Six police constables of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) have been arrested in a case filed for allegedly extorting money from a contractor after picking him up from his house in Anwara upazila of Chattogram.

About three decimals of forest area was burnt in a fire that broke out in the patrol area under Dhansagar Station of Forest Department’s Chandpai Range in East Sundarbans Division.

Detectives have pressed charges against photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in a case filed with Hazaribagh Police Station under the Digital Security Act.

Akib Hridoy, a local journalist of Ananda TV from Kishoreganj, was granted bail for six months by the High Court today, 42 days after he was arrested under the Digital Security Act.